Green Growth and Travelism (eBook, ePUB)

Concept, Policy and Practice for Sustainable Tourism
Redaktion: Delacy, Terry; Vorster, Shaun; Lipman, Geoffrey; Jiang, Min

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This significant volume is the first to bring together research, policy and practice on the implications of the rapidly evolving green growth paradigm on the tourism sector. It provides a conceptual discussion of the implications of the new development trend for key players; consumers, firms and destinations of the travel and tourism system. It integrates case studies that highlight key issues in the emerging developing markets and explores the policy settings and frameworks that underpin tourism growth towards the green economy. This is essential reading for all those interested in Tourism and Development Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136294662
• Artikelnr.: 40882864

Autorenporträt

Terry DeLacy is Professor of Sustainable Tourism in the Major Events and Tourism Research Unit, Victoria University, Australia. Previously, DeLacy was director of the Australian National Co-operative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Professor of Environmental Policy at the University of Queensland. His research interests are in natural resources and sustainable tourism, most recently focusing on transformation of the tourism sector into the emerging green economy. Min Jiang is a Research Fellow at the College of Business, Victoria University, Australia. Holding a PhD in Environmental Law, Jiang's research interests include tourism adaptation to climate change, sustainable tourism, and water law and policy. She has led and coordinated a number of research and consultancy projects in tourism adaptation to climate change in Australia, China, and the Pacific. Geoffrey Lipman is Director of greenearth.travel, a global think tank network promoting green growth and travelism (travel and tourism) and specializing in strategy, innovation and funding. He is Adjunct Professor at Victoria University, Australia, Visiting Professor at Hasselt University, Belgium, and Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom, and Senior Tourism Research Fellow at George Washington University, United States. Shaun Vorster is Special Adviser to the South African Minister of Tourism, but writes in a personal capacity. He has extensive experience in the climate change, energy, aviation and tourism fields. In 2014, he took up tenure as pro bono Extraordinary Associate Professor at the University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa. He holds a doctorate in Political Science.