Tourism and the Environment Regional, Economic and Policy Issues

Tourism and the Environment Regional, Economic and Policy Issues / edited by Helen Briassoulis, Jan van der Straaten.

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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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Briassoulis, Helen (Editor), van der Straaten, Jan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1992.
Edition:1st ed. 1992.
Series:Environment & Assessment, 2
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Ecotoxicology.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Economic geography.
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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. This volume dwells on the environmental and economic impacts of tourism and is divided as follows: Part 1: Introduction and Overview Part 2: Tourism and the Environment: General Considerations Part 3: Regional Issues Part 4: Economic Issues Part 5: Policy Issues The work is complemented by a subject index.
Physical Description:VI, 171 p. online resource.
ISBN:9789401126960
ISSN:0929-0788 ;
DOI:10.1007/978-94-011-2696-0

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