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.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1: Introduction
  • 1. Tourism and the Environment: An Overview
  • 2: Tourism and the Environment: General Considerations
  • 2. Environmental Impacts of Tourism: A Framework for Analysis and Evaluation
  • 3. Tourism and the Environment: Some Observations on the Concept of Carrying Capacity
  • 4. Experimental Iconology — a Tool for Analysis for the Qualitative Improvement and Touristic Development of Places
  • 3: Regional Issues
  • 5. Rural Tourism and Rural Development
  • 6. Regionalization of Tourism Activity in Greece: Problems and Policies
  • 7. Tourism Development and the Natural Environment: a Model for the Northern Sporades Islands
  • 4: Economic Issues
  • 8. Appropriate Tourism in Mountain Areas
  • 9. On-site Recreation Surveys and Selection Effects: Valuing Open Access Recreation on Inland Waterways
  • 5: Policy Issues
  • 10. Tourism Policy and Planning for Urban Quality
  • 11. Tourism and the City: Some Guidelines for a Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy
  • 12. Tourist Development and Environmental Protection in Greece
  • 13. Tourism and the Environment—Impacts and Strategies
  • 14. The Contribution of the Analysis of the Image of a Place to the Formulation of Tourism Policy.

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