Tourism, recreation, and sustainability : linking culture and the environment

sustainable Development Is The Single Most Important Consideration For Those Working In The Tourism Industry. Presenting A Discussion By Leading Contributors On The Impacts Of Tourism On Local Culture And The Environment, This New Edition Moves Forward The Debates In Sustainable Tourism, Covering New Locations, Concepts And Perspectives, And New Case Studies Providing A Global Outlook For A Universal Issue. Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 8 Preface to the 2nd Edition......Page 10 1 Introduction: Pathways and Pitfalls in the Search for Sustainable Tourism......Page 12 PART I: Frameworks and Approaches......Page 28 2 Recreation Ecology in Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourism: a Strengthening Role......Page 30 3 Ecotourism and Nature-based Tourism: One End of the Tourism Opportunity Spectrum?......Page 49 4 Hypothesizing the Shifting Mosaic of Attitudes Through Time: a Dynamic Framework for Sustainable Tourism Development on a ‘Mediterranean Isle’......Page 62 5 Tourism, Sustainability and the Social Milieux in Lake Superior’s North Shore and Islands......Page 87 6 Development and Evaluation of Sustainable Tourism Principles: the WWF Arctic Tourism Guidelines Initiative......Page 114 PART II: Tourism, Place, and Community......Page 128 7 From ‘Guiding Fiction’ to Action: Applying ‘The Natural Step’ to Sustainability Planning in the Resort of Whistler, British Columbia......Page 132 8 Destination and Place Branding: a Lost Sense of Place?......Page 142 9 Withstanding the Test of Time: Yellowstone and Sustainable Tourism......Page 153 10 Community Perspectives in Sustainable Tourism: Lessons from Peru......Page 169 11 Local Participation and Attaining Sustainable Tourism: a Comparative Study of Honduran......Page 194 PART III: Emerging Issues in Culture and Tourism......Page 206 12 Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: Lessons from Southern Africa......Page 208 13 Cultural Inscriptions of Nature: Some Implications for Sustainability, Nature-based Tourism and National Parks......Page 231 14 The Attitudes of Community Residents Towards Tourism......Page 247 15 Tourism and Indigenous Peoples......Page 271 16 Sustainable Tourism in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Past, Challenges to Address......Page 294 E......Page 304 N......Page 305 T......Page 306 Y......Page 307 Contents 6 Contributors 8 Preface to the 2nd Edition 10 1 Introduction: Pathways and Pitfalls in the Search for Sustainable Tourism 12 PART I: Frameworks and Approaches 28 2 Recreation Ecology in Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourism: a Strengthening Role 30 3 Ecotourism and Nature-based Tourism: One End of the Tourism Opportunity Spectrum? 49 4 Hypothesizing the Shifting Mosaic of Attitudes Through Time: a Dynamic Framework for Sustainable Tourism Development on a ‘Mediterranean Isle’ 62 5 Tourism, Sustainability and the Social Milieux in Lake Superior’s North Shore and Islands 87 6 Development and Evaluation of Sustainable Tourism Principles: the WWF Arctic Tourism Guidelines Initiative 114 PART II: Tourism, Place, and Community 128 7 From ‘Guiding Fiction’ to Action: Applying ‘The Natural Step’ to Sustainability Planning in the Resort of Whistler, British Columbia 132 8 Destination and Place Branding: a Lost Sense of Place? 142 9 Withstanding the Test of Time: Yellowstone and Sustainable Tourism 153 10 Community Perspectives in Sustainable Tourism: Lessons from Peru 169 11 Local Participation and Attaining Sustainable Tourism: a Comparative Study of Honduran 194 PART III: Emerging Issues in Culture and Tourism 206 12 Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: Lessons from Southern Africa 208 13 Cultural Inscriptions of Nature: Some Implications for Sustainability, Nature-based Tourism and National Parks 231 14 The Attitudes of Community Residents Towards Tourism 247 15 Tourism and Indigenous Peoples 271 16 Sustainable Tourism in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Past, Challenges to Address 294 Index 304 A 304 B 304 C 304 D 304 E 304 G 305 H 305 I 305 K 305 L 305 M 305 N 305 O 306 P 306 R 306 S 306 T 306 U 307 W 307 Y 307 Sustainable development is the single most important consideration for those working in the tourism industry. Presenting a discussion by leading contributors on the impacts of tourism on local culture and the environment, this new edition moves forward the debates in sustainable tourism, covering new locations, concepts and perspectives, and new case studies providing a global outlook for a universal issue. --From publisher's description