| Island Tourism and Sustainable Development: Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean Experiences Contributor(s): Myilibrary (Author), Apostolopoulos, Yorghos (Editor), Gayle, Dennis J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0275962032 ISBN-13: 9780275962036 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: This multidisciplinary volume dicusses the impact of tourism on sustainable development in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Mediterranean. Bringing together scholars, development practitioners, international experts, and professionals, the contributors discuss the issues from a holistic and transnational perspective. This work provides a much-needed, thorough understanding of the interplay among economic, cultural, environmental, and public health parameters. The contributors provide a workable definition of sustainable development that can be understood, conveyed, and implemented by policy makers, development practitioners, and tourism professionals. Among the special issues addressed here are the role of women in tourism, the contradictions inherent in cultural tourism, the hegemony of tour operators, disease mapping and risk assessment, and island community involvement in tourism-related land-use planning. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 338.479 |
| LCCN: 00052862 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.38" W x 9.52" (1.59 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This multidisciplinary volume dicusses the impact of tourism on sustainable development in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Mediterranean. Bringing together scholars, development practitioners, international experts, and professionals, the contributors discuss the issues from a holistic and transnational perspective. This work provides a much-needed, thorough understanding of the interplay among economic, cultural, environmental, and public health parameters. The contributors provide a workable definition of sustainable development that can be understood, conveyed, and implemented by policy makers, development practitioners, and tourism professionals. Among the special issues addressed here are the role of women in tourism, the contradictions inherent in cultural tourism, the hegemony of tour operators, disease mapping and risk assessment, and island community involvement in tourism-related land-use planning. |