Island tourism and sustainable development : Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean experiences

Author(s)

• Apostolopoulos, Yorghos
• Gayle, Dennis John

Bibliographic Information

Island tourism and sustainable development : Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean experiences

edited by Yorghos Apostolopoulos and Dennis J. Gayle

Praeger, c2002

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This multidisciplinary volume dicusses the impact of tourism on sustainable development in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Mediterranean. Bringing together scholars, development practitioners, international experts, and professionals, the contributors discuss the issues from a holistic and transnational perspective. This work provides a much-needed, thorough understanding of the interplay among economic, cultural, environmental, and public health parameters. The contributors provide a workable definition of sustainable development that can be understood, conveyed, and implemented by policy makers, development practitioners, and tourism professionals. Among the special issues addressed here are the role of women in tourism, the contradictions inherent in cultural tourism, the hegemony of tour operators, disease mapping and risk assessment, and island community involvement in tourism-related land-use planning.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures Preface Part I: New Perspectives on Insular Tourism and Sustainable Development From MIRAB to TOURAB? Searching for Sustainable Development in the Maritime Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean by Yorghos Apostolopoulos and Dennis J Gayle Problems for Managing Sustainable Tourism in Small Islands by Jerome L Mcelroy and Klaus de Albuquerque Tourism Profiles of the Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean Basins The Development of a Sustainable Tourism Sector in the Caribbean by Bhoendradatt Tewarie Managing and Sustaining Tourism in Small States: Singapore and the Pacific Islands by Linda Low Tourism Development in Mediterranean Islands: Opportunities and Constraints by Dimitri Ioannides Issues Pertinent to Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean Tourist Destinations Sustainable Coastal and Marine Tourism Development: A Hobson's Choice? by Vinod Sasidharan and Brijesh Thapa Tourism, Agriculture, and the Sustainability of Terrestrial Ecosystems in Small Islands by Dennis Conway Island Tourism Development and Carrying Capacity by Harry Coccossis Cultural Tourism in Small-Island States: Contradictions and Ambiguities by Ron Ayres Sustaining Tourism in Islands under Sociopolitical Adversity by Sevil Sönmez Tour-Operator Hegemony: Dependency, Oligopoly, and Sustainability in Insular Destinations by Dallen J Timothy and Dimitri Ioannides Women as Producers and Consumers of Island Tourism by Penny Davidson, Trudy Jones,and Matthias Schellhorn New Directions for Insular Tourism Disease Mapping and Risk Assessment for Public Health and Sustainable Tourism Development in Insular Regions by Yorghos Aspostolopoulos and Sevil Sönmez Island Community Involvement in Tourism Land-Use Planning by Philippos Loukissas and Nikolaos Triantafyllopoulos Sustainable Strategies and Prospects for Small Tourist Islands by Kyung-Hwan and Muzaffer Uysal Index About the Editors and Contributors

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Details

• NCID: BA5721240X
• ISBN:
  • 0275962032
• LCCN: 00052862
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 306 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G155.A1
  • DC21 : 338.4/791/09142
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tourism
  • LCSH : Islands -- Economic conditions
  • LCSH : Economic development