Sustainable Surfing (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Borne, Gregory; Ponting, Jess

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first to bring together the world's foremost experts around the themes of sustainability and surfing. Drawing upon cutting edge research, this book offers multidisciplinary perspectives and methodological approaches on the social, environmental and economic components of sustainable surfing. Contributions provide unique discussions that bridge the gap between theory and practice, exploring topics such as sustainable surf tourism, surfeconometrics, surf activism, surfing governance, the surfing industry, and technological advancements. Each chapter provides an in-depth insight providing a comprehensive picture of the relationship between sustainability and surfing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317396567
• Artikelnr.: 48804907

Autorenporträt

Gregory Borne is a Lecturer in Public Management and Policy at Plymouth University, UK. He is also the founder and Director of the Plymouth Sustainability and Surfing Research Group. Jess Ponting is an Associate Professor and Founder and Director of the Center for Surf Research at San Diego State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction 1. Sustainability and surfing in a risk society Part
2: A systems approach 2. Surf resource system boundaries Part 3:
Technology, industry, and sustainability 3. Surfing in the technological
era 4. Towards more sustainable business practices in surf industry
clusters 5. Surfboard making and environmental sustainability: new
materials and regulations, subcultural norms and economic constraints Part
4: Informing policy domains 6. Surfing voices in coastal management: Gold
Coast Surf Management Plan - a case study 7. Surfers and public sphere
protest: protecting surfing environments 8. The non-market value of surfing
and its body policy implications Part 5: Reconceptualising sustainable surf
spaces 9. Sustaining the local: localism and sustainability 10. Spot X:
surfing, remote destinations and sustaining wilderness surfing experiences
11. Surfing: a ritual with consequences 12. Culture, meaning and
sustainability in surfing 13. Simulating Nirvana: surf parks, surfing
spaces, and sustainability Part 6: Conclusion 14. Sustainability and
surfing: themes and synergies