Tourism and the Environment : Regional, Economic and Policy Issues /

The issue of maintaining a balanced relationship between tourism and the environment has received considerable attention since the 1970s. However, only in the 1980s and 1990s did it become a topic of systematic academic inquiry and research, distinguished from the broader area of the environmental i...

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Main Author: Briassoulis, Helen
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Straaten, Jan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1992.
Series:Environment & assessment ; 2.
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Summary:The issue of maintaining a balanced relationship between tourism and the environment has received considerable attention since the 1970s. However, only in the 1980s and 1990s did it become a topic of systematic academic inquiry and research, distinguished from the broader area of the environmental impacts of recreation and leisure activities. <br/> This volume dwells on the environmental and economic impacts of tourism and is divided as follows: <br/> Part 1: Introduction and Overview <br/> Part 2: Tourism and the Environment: General Considerations <br/> Part 3: Regional Issues <br/> Part 4: Economic Issues <br/> Part 5: Policy Issues <br/> The work is complemented by a subject index. <br/>
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 pages)
ISBN:9789401126960 (electronic bk.)
9401126968 (electronic bk.)