Monitoring for a sustainable tourism transition :
Miller, Graham
Monitoring for a sustainable tourism transition : the challenge of developing and using indicators / Graham Miller, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and Louise Twining-Ward, New York University, New York, USA. - 1 online resource (xxxii, 324 pages) : illustrations, map, charts
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319) and index.
Sustainable Development -- Sustainable Tourism -- Private Sector Drivers -- Public Sector Drivers -- Monitoring Using Indicators -- Developing Indicators -- Implementing Monitoring Systems -- The World Tourism Organization -- Tourism Optimization Management Model -- Samoa Sustainable Tourism Indicator Project -- The Tour Operators' Initiative for Sustainable Development.
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This book considers how monitoring using indicators can assist tourism to develop sustainably. It encourages the reader to view tourism from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective and draws on material from a wide range of sources including ecology, global change and the new and emerging field of sustainability science. The book explains why monitoring is important for different groups of stakeholders: public and private sector, NGOs and communities. It also puts particular emphasis on indicator use and implementation. Included are case studies presenting a wide range of monitoring experiences at various levels: at the international level in the case of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) indicator programme; at the regional level in the case of the Tourism Optimization Management Model (TOMM) Kangaroo Island Project in South Australia; at the national level in the case of the Samoa Sustainable Tourism Indicator Project (SSTIP); and at the sectoral level in the case of the Tourism Operators' Initiative (TOI) in Europe. The book has 12 chapters and a subject index.
Sustainable development--Evaluation.
Ecotourism--Management--Evaluation.
Economic indicators.
Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000)
Natural Resources (General)
Tourism and Travel.
Case studies.
Economic indicators.
Ecotourism.
Evaluation.
Indicators.
Management.
Monitoring.
Sustainability.
Tour operators.
Tourism.
Tourism development.
Tourist industry.
World Tourism Organization.
Electronic books.
G156.5.E26 / M55 2005eb
910/.68
Monitoring for a sustainable tourism transition : the challenge of developing and using indicators / Graham Miller, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and Louise Twining-Ward, New York University, New York, USA. - 1 online resource (xxxii, 324 pages) : illustrations, map, charts
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319) and index.
Sustainable Development -- Sustainable Tourism -- Private Sector Drivers -- Public Sector Drivers -- Monitoring Using Indicators -- Developing Indicators -- Implementing Monitoring Systems -- The World Tourism Organization -- Tourism Optimization Management Model -- Samoa Sustainable Tourism Indicator Project -- The Tour Operators' Initiative for Sustainable Development.
Access limited to subscribing institution.
This book considers how monitoring using indicators can assist tourism to develop sustainably. It encourages the reader to view tourism from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective and draws on material from a wide range of sources including ecology, global change and the new and emerging field of sustainability science. The book explains why monitoring is important for different groups of stakeholders: public and private sector, NGOs and communities. It also puts particular emphasis on indicator use and implementation. Included are case studies presenting a wide range of monitoring experiences at various levels: at the international level in the case of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) indicator programme; at the regional level in the case of the Tourism Optimization Management Model (TOMM) Kangaroo Island Project in South Australia; at the national level in the case of the Samoa Sustainable Tourism Indicator Project (SSTIP); and at the sectoral level in the case of the Tourism Operators' Initiative (TOI) in Europe. The book has 12 chapters and a subject index.
Sustainable development--Evaluation.
Ecotourism--Management--Evaluation.
Economic indicators.
Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000)
Natural Resources (General)
Tourism and Travel.
Case studies.
Economic indicators.
Ecotourism.
Evaluation.
Indicators.
Management.
Monitoring.
Sustainability.
Tour operators.
Tourism.
Tourism development.
Tourist industry.
World Tourism Organization.
Electronic books.
G156.5.E26 / M55 2005eb
910/.68