Monitoring for a sustainable tourism transition : the challenge of developing and using indicators / Graham Miller and Louise Twining-Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Graham.

Contributor:

Twining-Ward, Louise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic indicators.

Ecotourism--Management--Evaluation.

Ecotourism.

Sustainable development--Evaluation.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sustainable tourism is not a static target, but a dynamic process of change, a transition. This book considers how monitoring using indicators can assist tourism to make such a sustainability transition. It encourages the reader to view tourism from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective and draws on material from a wide range of sources including ecology, global chance and the new and emerging field of sustainability science. The book explains why monitoring is important for different groups of stakeholders; public and private sector, NGOs and communities. It also examines important monitorin

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Boxes; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: Introduction to Sustainability; Chapter 1: Sustainable Development; Introduction; Historical Context; Sustainability Revised; Sustainability Science; Summary; Chapter 2: Sustainable Tourism; Introduction; Historical Context; Current Conceptualization of Sustainable Tourism; Reconceptualizing Sustainable Tourism; Summary; Part II: Motivations for Monitoring; Chapter 3: Private Sector Drivers; Introduction

Does Industry Have a Moral Responsibility to Promote Sustainability?Is There a Business Case for Sustainability?; The Role of the Finance Industry in Promoting Sustainability; Summary; Chapter 4: Public Sector Drivers; Introduction; How does Monitoring Assist Government?; How does Monitoring Assist NGOs?; How does Monitoring Assist Communities?; Summary; Part III: Monitoring Process; Chapter 5: Monitoring Using Indicators; Introduction; Origins of Monitoring; Indicator Considerations; Evaluation; Summary; Chapter 6: Developing Indicators; Introduction; Planning for Indicator Development

Scoping IssuesIdentifying Indicators; Summary; Chapter 7: Implementing Monitoring Systems; Introduction; Piloting Indicators; Interpreting Results; Indicator Use; Maintaining the Monitoring Programme; Summary; Part IV: Introduction to Case Studies; Chapter 8: The World Tourism Organization; Introduction; Background to WTO Monitoring; Indicator Development Process; WTO Indicators; WTO Implementation: Cases; Evaluation; Summary; Chapter 9: Tourism Optimization Management Model; Introduction; Background; The TOMM Project; The TOMM Development Process; TOMM Results; TOMM Implementation

EvaluationLessons Learned; Summary; Chapter 10: Samoa Sustainable Tourism Indicator Project; Introduction; Context; Indicator Project; Evaluation and Review; Lessons Learned; Summary; Chapter 11: The Tour Operators' Initiative for Sustainable Development; Introduction; Background to the Scheme; Development of the Scheme; Implementation and Evaluation; Summary; Acknowledgements; Conclusion; Commentary on Guiding Principles; Discussion of Monitoring and Indicators; Further Avenues to Explore; Final Summary; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-319) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-73553-8

9786610735532

1-84593-089-4

OCLC:

560219116