Tourism and the Environment

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

3. Regional Issues

   1. Environmental Impacts of Tourism: A Framework for Analysis and Evaluation

      • Helen Briassoulis

      Pages 21-37

   2. Tourism Development and the Natural Environment: An Economic-Ecological Model for the Sporades Islands

      • Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh

      Pages 39-58

   3. A Dynamic Simulation Study of Tourism and Environment in the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico

      • Patricia Kandelaars

      Pages 59-89

   4. Tourism and the Environment: Some Observations on the Concept of Carrying Capacity

      • Harry Coccossis, Apostolos Parpairis

      Pages 91-105

   5. Rural Tourism and Rural Development

      • Michael Keane

      Pages 107-122

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

5. Cultural Issues

   1. Tourism and Culture

      • Greg Richards

      Pages 165-178

   2. Landscapes of Tourism: A Cultural Geographic Perspective

      • Theano Terkenli

      Pages 179-202

   3. Environmental and Cultural Tourism Resources: Problems and Implications for their Management

      • Paris Tsartas

      Pages 203-220

   4. Experimental Iconology: A Tool for Analysis for the Qualitative Improvement and Tourist Development of Places

      • Joseph Stefanou

      Pages 221-228

   5. The Contribution of the Analysis of the Image of a Place to the Formulation of Tourism Policy

      • Joseph Stefanou

      Pages 229-237

6. Policy Issues

   1. Communication Strategies, Tourism and the Natural Environment

      • Cees van Woerkum, Noelle Aarts, Cees Leeuwis

      Pages 239-254

   2. Sustainable Tourism Policy Implementation: An Ex Ante Critical Examination

      • Helen Briassoulis

      Pages 255-282

   3. Heritage Tourism and Urban Environments: Conflict or Harmony?

      • G. J. Ashworth

      Pages 283-304

   4. Tourism and the City: Some Strategy Guidelines for a Sustainable Tourism Development

      • Jan van der Borg

      Pages 305-318

   5. Regionalisation of Tourism Activity in Greece: Problems and Policies

      • Nicholas Konsolas, Gerassimos Zacharatos

      Pages 319-329

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.

• Policy
• Rural Development
• development
• environmental protection
• strategy
• ecotoxicology

• University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Lesvos, Greece

  Helen Briassoulis

• Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

  Jan Straaten

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