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Tourism and the Environment

Regional, Economic, Cultural and Policy Issues

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Editors:
  1. Helen Briassoulis

    1. University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Lesvos, Greece

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  2. Jan Straaten

    1. Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Environment & Assessment (ENAS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Tourism and the Environment: An Overview

      • Helen Briassoulis, Jan van der Straaten
      Pages 1-19

  4. Economic Issues

    1. The Economic Value of Nature

      • Jan van der Straaten
      Pages 123-132

    2. Sustainable Tourism in Mountain Areas

      • Jan van der Straaten
      Pages 133-145

    3. Tourism and Recreation Surveys: The Problems of Sample Selection and Truncation Bias

      • K. G. Willis, G. D. Garrod
      Pages 147-163
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About this book

There is a complex relationship between the environment and the development of tourism, which this book discusses in a thorough and informative manner. Specialists from several disciplines pay attention to the challenges of sustainable tourism, devoting their full attention to cultural, regional and policy issues. This is a revised edition that has been expanded to 22 contributions, with inclusion of the cultural element. All chapters have been updated to include new data and information added to the existing body of literature in the last 7 years. It includes new developments and new insights into the relationship between tourism and the environment. An invaluable sequel to the first edition.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Lesvos, Greece

    Helen Briassoulis

  • Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    Jan Straaten

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tourism and the Environment

  • Book Subtitle: Regional, Economic, Cultural and Policy Issues

  • Editors: Helen Briassoulis, Jan Straaten

  • Series Title: Environment & Assessment

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9584-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6136-7Published: 31 December 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5385-5Published: 03 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9584-1Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0929-0788

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: VI, 382

  • Topics: Ecotoxicology, Economic Geography, Regional/Spatial Science, Environmental Economics, Political Science

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