Sustainable Tourism

Principles, Contexts and Practices
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-84541-765-9
Verlag: Channel View Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 490 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 1320 g

Reihe: Aspects of Tourism Texts

This new textbook provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable tourism framed around the UN’s sustainable development goals. It examines the origins and dimensions of sustainable tourism and offers a detailed account of sustainable initiatives and management across destinations, the tourism industry, public sector and leading agencies. The book explores the principal values and priorities in sustainable development through a better understanding of values, ethics and human nature. It covers a broad range of studies from an array of disciplinary perspectives and includes learning objectives, discussion questions and international case studies throughout. It is an important text for students and researchers in tourism and sustainability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fennell, David A.

Cooper, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction to Sustainability

Chapter 2. Introduction to the Ecosphere

Chapter 3. Introduction to the Noösphere

Chapter 4. Sustainable Tourism in Action

Chapter 5. The Sustainable Destination

Chapter 6. The Tourism Industry (1)

Chapter 7. The Tourism Industry (2)

Chapter 8. Key Agencies and Influencers of Sustainable Tourism

Chapter 9. Protected Areas, Ecotourism and Sustainability

Chapter 10. Cross Cutting Issues Impacting Upon Sustainable Tourism

Chapter 11. Sustainable Tourism Futures

Chapter 12. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Cooper, Chris
Chris Cooper is a Professor in the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Leeds Beckett University, UK. He is co-editor of Current Issues in Tourism.

Fennell, David A.
David Fennell’s main focus of research is on tourism ethics and ecotourism. He has published widely in these areas, including books on Ecotourism (5th edition), Tourism Ethics (2nd edition), Codes of Ethics in Tourism, Tourism and Animal Ethics (2nd edition), and Sustainable Tourism: Principles, Contexts, and Practices. A major thrust of his research involves theory from other disciplines to gain traction on tourism’s most persistent problems. Fennell is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ecotourism, is the editor of a Routledge book series on tourism ethics and is the editor of two Routledge Handbooks: Tourism and the Environment, and Ecotourism.

David A. Fennell is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, Brock University, Canada. He is the editor of the Journal of Ecotourism.

Chris Cooper is a Professor in the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Leeds Beckett University, UK. He is co-editor of Current Issues in Tourism.