Sustainability in Tourism: A Multidisciplinary Approach

✍ Scribed by Edmund A. Spindler Dipl.-Ing. (auth.), Ian Jenkins, Roland Schröder (eds.)

• Publisher: Gabler Verlag
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 223
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sustainability and green topics have become a crucial element in modern economy. All sectors of the economy are concerned, also the tourism industry. This book takes an overview on developments of sustainability in tourism from a multidisciplinary view point: economy, marketing, social science, media studies, political studies. In order to under-stand the long term changes in the field it is important to include different scientific approaches.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-8
The History of Sustainability The Origins and Effects of a Popular Concept....Pages 9-31
Sustainability and Climate Change....Pages 33-51
Sustainability and Health Tourism....Pages 53-68
Sustainability and Eco-health tourism....Pages 69-84
Sustainable Tourism “Wish you weren’t here”....Pages 85-102
The Shift toward Sustainability in the Travel Trade Industry....Pages 103-122
Developing Sustainable Competitive Advantage in the Tourism Industry: a financial conceptual model....Pages 123-136
Managing Ecological Balance....Pages 137-157
Politics, Community Tourism and Sustainability....Pages 159-175
Media and Sustainable Tourism....Pages 177-191
Education and Copernicus....Pages 192-209
Sustaining Sustainability....Pages 210-220
Back Matter....Pages 221-227

✦ Subjects

Non-Profit Enterprises/Corporate Social Responsibility