ECU Libraries Catalog

The practice of sustainable tourism : resolving the paradox / edited by Michael Hughes, David Weaver and Christof Pforr.

Other author/creatorHughes, Michael, 1971- editor.
Other author/creatorWeaver, David B. (David Bruce), editor.
Other author/creatorPforr, Christof, editor.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Descriptionxxi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility ; 54
Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 54. ^A604703
Contents Confronting the reality of paradox in sustainable tourism / Michael Hughes, Christof Pforr and David Weaver -- Enlightened mass tourism as a 'third generation' aspiration for the twenty-first century / David Weaver -- Tourism public policy in pursuit of sustainability : discrepancies between rhetoric and reality / Christof Pforr -- Promoting interdisciplinary sustainable tourism / Michael Hughes and Angus Morrison-Saunders -- The end of sustainable tourism? : Re-orienting the debate / Sanjay K. Nepal, Stephanie Verkoeyen and Tom Karrow -- Sustainable tourism : paradoxes, inconsistencies and a way forward? / Richard Butler -- Island tourism : systems modelling for sustainability / Jack Carlsen -- Tourists' perceptions of community-based tourism products for sustainable tourism in Bali, Indonesia / Ni Made Ernawati, Ross Dowling and Dale Sanders -- The governmentality approach to sustainable tourism : Bhutan's tourism governance, policy and planning / Simon Teoh -- Last chance tourism : a race to be last? / Jackie Dawson, Raynald Harvey Lemelin, Emma Stewart and Justin Taillon -- Sustainable tourism development on Niue : a catch 22? / Dirk Reiser and Christof Pforr -- An integrated approach to climate change and tourism in an alpine destination : assessing impacts and strategies in the Vinschgau/Venosta Valley, Italy / Lena-Marie Lun, Marianna Elmi and Harald Pechlaner -- Good governance : managing growth and long-term resort destination sustainability and resilience / Valerie Sheppard, Rachel Dodds and Peter Williams -- Geotourism's contribution to sustainable tourism / Ross Dowling -- The paradox of adopting tourism ecolabels : what is the problem? / Minjuan Deng-Westphal, Sue Beeton and Alastair Anderson -- The role of events in creating sustainable tourism destinations / Judith Mair -- Sustainable tourism : the Rottnest Island experience / Roland Mau and John Tedesco -- Paradox as a pervasive characteristic of sustainable tourism : challenges, opportunities and trade-offs / David Weaver, Michael Hughes and Christof Pforr.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formCase studies.
LCCN 2014049580
ISBN9780415749398
ISBN0415749395

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks G156.5 .S87 B87 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold