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Tourism vs Environment

The Case for Coastal Areas

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. P. P. Wong

    1. Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 26)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  3. Tourism-Environment Relationships on the Coast

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Maldivian Tourist Resorts and their Environmental Impact

      • Manfred Domroes
      Pages 69-82

    3. Island Tourism Development in Peninsular Malaysia : Environmental Perspective

      • P. P. Wong
      Pages 83-97

    4. Morphology and Tourist Infrastructures of the Ivorian Coast

      • Jacques Abe, Kouadio Affian
      Pages 99-108

    5. Geomorphology and Tourism Related Aspects of the Lekki Barrier-Lagoon Coastline in Nigeria

      • L. F. Awosika, A. C. Ibe
      Pages 109-124

    6. Geomorphic Impacts of Resort Evolution along the Gulf of Mexico Coast: Applicability of Resort Cycle Models

      • Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt
      Pages 125-138

    7. Coastal Geomorphology and Tourism on the German North Sea Coast

      • Dieter Kelletat
      Pages 139-165

    8. Tourist Development and Coastal Conservation in France

      • Alain Miossec
      Pages 167-187

    9. The Impact of Man on the Shoreline Environment of the Costa Del Sol, Southern Spain

      • A. Joanne McDowell, R. W. G. Carter, H. John Pollard
      Pages 189-209

    10. Man’s Impact on the Coast of Ireland

      • R. W. G. Carter, D. A. Eastwood, H. J. Pollard
      Pages 211-225

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 227-228
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About this book

P.P. Wong ABSTRACT Tourism is environmentally dependent. The unique character ofcoastal areas gives rise to a distinctive tourist development. Although accounts on the impacts ofcoastal tourism can be found in works relating to tourism in general, there are few works specifically on coastal tourism. This present volume focuses on the physical environment of coastal tourism, particularly the geomorphological aspects. The papers deal with basic aspects of the coastal environment for tourism, methodologies for assessing the coastal environment for tourism and empirical studies of various types of coastal environment with tourism development. The resultinggeneralisations are expected to be applied elsewhere. TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT Environment has various meanings for tourism. In its broadest sense, the environment includes all natural and cultural elements as in OECD's (1981) definition to encompass the natural, built and cultural aspects. This holistic approach is encouraged in understanding the potential impacts arising from tourism. A narrower meaning of environment is the natural and built environment as used by Cohen (1978) and Inskeep (1991: 339). Environment can also be restricted to the natural or physical environment, in order to distinguish it from the economic and social aspects of tourism, as used by tourism researchers (e.g. Mathieson and Wall, 1982; Pearce, 1989). This approach is used predominantly in this volume. Various relationships between tourism and the physical aspects ofthe coast are discussed. There are basic relationships between environment and tourism. Tourism is environmentally dependent and the environment is vulnerable to the impact of tourism.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    P. P. Wong

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tourism vs Environment

  • Book Subtitle: The Case for Coastal Areas

  • Editors: P. P. Wong

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2068-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2404-1Published: 30 September 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4917-7Published: 03 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2068-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 228

  • Topics: Human Geography, Nature Conservation, Ecotoxicology, Environmental Economics

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