1 option
Sustainable tourism IV / editors, F.D. Pineda, C.A. Brebbia.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- International Conference on Sustainable Tourism, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on Sustainable Tourism (4th : 2010)
- International Conference on Sustainable Tourism
- Series:
- Sustainable world.
- Sustainable world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecotourism--Congresses.
- Ecotourism.
- Tourism--Environmental aspects--Congresses.
- Tourism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (624 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Southampton : WIT, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tourism has become a major international industry, with many countries all over the world relying on the income it produces. Because it is a major source of finances and employment, government and other institutions actively promote tourism, regardless of the impact on the environment, ecology and social structure of the region. The demands of tourism can contribute to the destruction of the natural and cultural environment upon which it depends. The natural and cultural landscape's capacity to accommodate the local and worldwide effects of tourism, the typology thereof and its implications fo
- Contents:
- Cover; Sustainable Tourism IV; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Section 1: Tourism strategies; Section 2: Emergent strategies for tourism development; Section 3: Modelling; Section 4: Environmental issues; Section 5: Climate change and the effects of natural hazards on tourism; Section 6: Tourism and protected areas; Section 7: Tourism impact; Section 8: Art, architecture and culture; Section 9: Rural tourism; Section 10: Community involvement; Section 11: Tourism as a tool of development; Author Index
- Notes:
- Conference proceedings.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-78970-0
- 9786613700094
- 1-84564-459-X
- OCLC:
- 689996439
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.