Cultural Sustainability, Tourism and Development: (Re)articulations in Tourism Contexts

Cultural Sustainability, Tourism, and Development explores the relationship between tourism and cultural sustainability, examining how cultural and natural assets, artistic interventions, place identity, policy strategies, and community well-being are interconnected in (re)articulations of place and local dynamics in tourist locations. It highlights the roles and place of cultural expression, artistic activity, and heritage resources in local or regional sustainable development contexts and proposes new culture-informed and creativity-based approaches to encourage a better balance between visitors and residents' quality of life and the broader sustainability of the area.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 220 pages
Publication date: 09 January 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Cultural Sustainability, Tourism, and Development delves into the intricate relationship between tourism and cultural sustainability, offering a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted aspects involved. It examines how tourism provides a valuable lens through which to examine issues of cultural sustainability and transformation. The book explores how cultural and natural assets, artistic interventions, place identity, policy strategies, and community well-being are intricately intertwined in the (re)articulations of place and local dynamics that occur in tourist locations.

With a primary focus on culture as a central dimension of sustainable development, the book elucidates the connections between culture and sustainable tourism. It highlights the roles and significance of cultural expression, artistic activity, and heritage resources in local or regional sustainable development contexts. Chapters critically examine the dimensions of tourism-invoked dynamics of change and the cultural impacts of tourism-related activities. The book concludes with proposals for new culture-informed and creativity-based approaches, mediations, and relations to encourage a better balance between visitors' and residents' quality of life and the broader sustainability of the area.

Interdisciplinary and international in scope, contributions reflect on communities and rural areas located in Brazil, Canada, Croatia, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and the United States. This book is of immense interest to students and scholars engaged in cultural development and policy, heritage studies, cultural tourism, and sustainable tourism, cultural geography, and regional development.

Weight: 368g
Dimension: 154 x 233 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367756635