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Sustainability in Tourism

A Multidisciplinary Approach

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Editors:
  1. Ian Jenkins

    1. Les Roche Gruyere University, Bulle, Switzerland

  2. Roland Schröder

    1. BiTS Business and Information Technology, Iserlohn, Germany

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Sustainability and green topics have become a crucial element in modern economy. All sectors of the economy are concerned, also the tourism industry. This book takes an overview on developments of sustainability in tourism from a multidisciplinary view point: economy, marketing, social science, media studies, political studies. In order to under-stand the long term changes in the field it is important to include different scientific approaches.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
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  2. The History of Sustainability The Origins and Effects of a Popular Concept

    • Edmund A. Spindler
    Pages 9-31

  3. Sustainability and Climate Change

    • Ian Jenkins
    Pages 33-51

  4. Sustainability and Health Tourism

    • Thomas Rieger
    Pages 53-68

  5. Sustainability and Eco-health tourism

    • Robert S. Bristow
    Pages 69-84

  6. Sustainable Tourism “Wish you weren’t here”

    • Thomas Meuser, Carola von Peinen
    Pages 85-102

  7. The Shift toward Sustainability in the Travel Trade Industry

    • Britt Ventriglia, Ruth Rios-Morales
    Pages 103-122

  8. Developing Sustainable Competitive Advantage in the Tourism Industry: a financial conceptual model

    • Henri Kuokkanen, Ruth Rios-Morales
    Pages 123-136

  9. Managing Ecological Balance

    • Andy Middleton
    Pages 137-157

  10. Politics, Community Tourism and Sustainability

    • Mark Piekarz, Michelle Callanan
    Pages 159-175

  11. Media and Sustainable Tourism

    • Roland Schroeder, Oliver Hahn
    Pages 177-191

  12. Education and Copernicus

    • Ian Jenkins
    Pages 192-209

  13. Sustaining Sustainability

    • David Horrigan
    Pages 210-220

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 221-227
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Les Roche Gruyere University, Bulle, Switzerland

    Ian Jenkins

  • BiTS Business and Information Technology, Iserlohn, Germany

    Roland Schröder

About the editors

Prof. Dr. Ian Jenkins is Research Director at Les Roches Gruyere University of Applied Science, Bulle, Switzerland.

Prof. Dr. Roland Schröder is Dean of the Department of Media & Communication at BITS University of Applied Sciences, Iserlohn, Germany.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sustainability in Tourism

  • Book Subtitle: A Multidisciplinary Approach

  • Editors: Ian Jenkins, Roland Schröder

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-7043-5

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-8349-2806-1Published: 17 June 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-04215-8Published: 15 July 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-8349-7043-5Published: 03 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 220

  • Topics: Business Ethics

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