Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Tourism, development and the environment : an introduction -- Tourism and development : from economic growth to sustainability -- Sustainable tourism development : a critique -- Tourism, globalisation and 'post-development' -- Tourism environments -- Tourism as capitalism -- Destination capitals : an alternative framework for tourism development.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Tourism Development and the Environment: Beyond Sustainability? challenges the sustainable tourism development paradigm that has come to dominate both theoretical and practical approaches to tourism development over the last two decades. It extends the sustainable tourism debate beyond the arguably managerialist 'blueprint' and destination-focused approach that continues to characterise even the most recent 'sustainability' agenda within tourism development. Reviewing the evolution of the sustainable tourism development concept, its contemporary manifestations in academic literature and policy.
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MIL
Stock Number
240241
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Title
Tourism development and the environment.
International Standard Book Number
9781844077328
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economic development-- Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Tourism-- Environmental aspects.
Tourism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.