Tourism and the environment : a sustainable relationship ? / by Colin Hunter and Howard Green

There is a growing awareness that tourism as an industry needs to become more environmentally conscious. Sustainable tourism development has emerged as a management concept out of the search for ways to better integrate the needs of tourism with the protection of environmental resources. Yet just how can sustainable tourism development be interpreted and implemented?

This volume provides a research-based overview of the relationship between tourism development and environmental quality. The concept of sustainable tourism is examined as a prelude to a detailed treatment of the principles and implications of sustainable tourism development. The authors look at policy directions, with new forms of alternative tourism analysed in this context. The volume then proceeds to consider the potential of land use planning and Environmental Impact Assessment systems as instruments in the translation of sustainable tourism development into practice.

Conventional forms of interpretation are questioned and the efficacy and transferability of different systems are evaluated. Examples from around the world are used to illustrate the principles discussed. This volume will appeal to students and researchers in tourism as well as to professionals in the tourism industry.