Tourism in the Green Economy (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Reddy, Maharaj Vijay; Wilkes, Keith

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive set of tourism debates, early responses, on-going and emerging research initiatives that will enable tourism's transition to a green economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134626526
• Artikelnr.: 43075395

Autorenporträt

Maharaj Vijay Reddy is the Deputy Head of the Department for Marketing, Enterprise and Tourism within the Lord Ashcroft International Business School at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK. Previously, he worked as a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Management at Bournemouth University. Before joining Bournemouth, Vijay was at the University of Kent as a post-doctoral Research Associate within the Kent Business School. Vijay gained his PhD from the University of Exeter. He has completed challenging projects commissioned by international and national agencies, for example, research exploring disaster impacts following the 2004 Asian and 2011 Japanese tsunamis. His consultancies for UNESCO resulted in the inscription of natural and cultural properties on the UNESCO List. Vijay has been invited by policy organizations including UN Secretariat, UNEP, UNWTO and the Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission to comment on sustainability issues. Keith Wilkes is the Executive Dean of Bournemouth University's Faculty of Management, one of the world's leading centres for tourism research and education. Keith was a UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Subject Specialist Reviewer, and a long-standing member of the Association for Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE) Executive Committee. His research focuses on sustainable tourism development, visitor attractions, heritage management and tourism education. He has played a significant role in developing tourism education in the UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Nikhil Seth, Director of the Division of Sustainable Development,
UNDESA, New York Part 1: Understanding the Concept of Green Economy and the
Role of Tourism 1. Introduction: Tourism in the Green Economy: Rio to
Post-2015 Maharaj Vijay Reddy and Keith Wilkes 2. Defining the Green
Economy and the Potential Role of Green Tourism Adrian C. Newton 3.
Environmental Ethics and Challenges to Tourism's Place in the Green Economy
Andrew Holden 4. The Role of Nature-based Tourism in the Green Economy: A
Broader Perspective for Conservation and Sustainability in the Philippines
Corazon Catibog-Sinha 5. Understanding the Philosophy and Performance of
Tourism and Leisure in Protected Areas for transition to a Green Economy
Agita Livina and Dzintra Atstaja 6. Ecotourism Regulation and the Move to a
Green Economy Colin Crawford, Jared Sternberg and Robert C. Cudd 7. China's
Tourism's March Forward: Towards a Green Transition or Unsustainable
Tourism Michael O' Regan Part 2: Best Practices for the Greening of Tourism
and Allied Industries 8. Green Jobs and Employment in Tourism Adele Ladkin
and Edith Szivas 9. Sri Lanka and Tourism: The Need for a Green Economy
Approach Jeremy Buultjens, Iraj Ratnayake and Athula Chammika Gnanapala
10. Responses and Green Tourism Initiatives from National Parks in Sabah,
Malaysia Jennifer Kim Lian Chan 11. The Potential of Energy Tourism: A
Multiple Case Study on Renewable Energy-based Tourist Attractions
Lena-Marie Lun, Michael Volgger and Harald Pechlaner 12. Eco-Certification
and Labelling Programs of Hotels in China: Policy Perspectives for
Sustainable Tourism and a 'Greener' Economy Fu Jia and Ralph Wahnschafft
13. Working towards a Transition to Green Economy in Small Island
Developing States: The Seychelles Rachel Welton 14. Destination Ukraine:
Tourism Litmus of Transition to Green Economy Victoria Kiptenko and Pavlo
Doan 15. Ecotourism as a Mechanism for Achieving a Green Economy in
Developing Countries: Experiences from Ghana Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Rik
Thwaites and Rosemary Black 16. Local Food: Greening the Tourism Value
Chain Susan L. Slocum 17. The Role of Green Events in a Green Economy Bill
Merrilees, Dale Miller and Amelia Green Part 3: Research Implications and
Emerging Issues 18. A Micro-Macro Assessment of Climate Change and Visitors
to the Great Barrier Reef, Australia Tazim Jamal, Bruce Prideaux, Hana
Sakata and Michelle Thompson 19. Investigating the Transition of the
Tourism Industry towards a Green Economy in Samui Island, Thailand Gunjan
Saxena, Nisarat Thaithong and Dimitrios Tsagdis 20. Greening the High-spend
Visitor: Implications for Destination Marketing Emma Whittlesea, Victoria
Hurth and Sheela Agarwal 21. Steps towards a Green Economy: Which Factors
Contribute to the Social Inclusion and Economic Development of the Locals
in the Brazilian Tourism Industry? Gilson Zehetmeyer Borda, Elimar Pinheiro
do Nascimento, João Paulo Faria Tasso and Everson Cristiano de Abreu
Meireles 22. Economic Greenwash: On the Absurdity of Tourism and Green
Growth C. Michael Hall