Southern African Perspectives on Sustainable Tourism Management
Tourism and Changing Localities
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Beschreibung
This edited collection focuses on tourism development, sustainability and local change in southern Africa. The book offers a range of both conceptual and applied perspectives that address various changes in southern African tourism and community development relations. The key drivers of change that include climate change and globalization form the context for the diverse and interesting set of case studies from the region. The main conceptual grounds of the book cover sustainability, sustainable development goals (SDGs), responsibility, vulnerability, adaptation, resilience, governance, local development and inclusive growth. In this book sustainability is seen as one of the most important issues currently facing the tourism sector, affecting all types and scales of tourism operations and environments in the region. Tourism is an increasingly important economy in the southern African region and the industry is creating changes for communities and environment while also facing majorchallenges caused by global trends and changes. The book offers a case study driven approach to sustainability needs of tourism development in local community contexts. The case study chapters are linked through the book’s focus on sustainable tourism and local community development. Through emphasizing the need to understand both global change and local contexts in sustainable tourism development, this book is a valuable resource for all those working in the field.
This edited collection focuses on tourism development, sustainability and local change in southern Africa. The book offers a range of both conceptual and applied perspectives that address various changes in southern African tourism and community development relations. The key drivers of change that include climate change and globalization form the context for the diverse and interesting set of case studies from the region. The main conceptual grounds of the book cover sustainability, sustainable development goals (SDGs), responsibility, vulnerability, adaptation, resilience, governance, local development and inclusive growth. In this book sustainability is seen as one of the most important issues currently facing the tourism sector, affecting all types and scales of tourism operations and environments in the region. Tourism is an increasingly important economy in the southern African region and the industry is creating changes for communities and environment while also facing majorchallenges caused by global trends and changes. The book offers a case study driven approach to sustainability needs of tourism development in local community contexts. The case study chapters are linked through the book’s focus on sustainable tourism and local community development. Through emphasizing the need to understand both global change and local contexts in sustainable tourism development, this book is a valuable resource for all those working in the field.
Focuses on tourism and sustainable development needs in the southern African region Emphasizes the need to understand global change drivers and local contexts in sustainable tourism development Draws from empirical data about tourism management and rural development for sustainability
Autor*in
Jarkko Saarinen
Themen in »Southern African Perspectives on Sustainable Tourism Management«
Southern Africa Local development in southern Africa Global change and local impacts in tourism development Adaptation and resilience in tourism development Inclusive growth and local development in southern Africa Tourism and local change in southern Africa Sustainable tourism development in southern Africa Sustainable development goals in southern Africa Sustainable communities and rurality in southern Africa Cross-border tourism in southern Africa Protected area tourism Pro-poor tourism strategy Climate change and socio-ecological impacts of tourism Climate threats to beach tourism Environmental change