Handbook of Tourism Impacts: Social and Environmental Perspectives

The Handbook of Tourism Impacts provides a comprehensive assessment of tourism impacts research, addressing social and environmental issues, and highlighting the relationships between tourism, human rights, development, and the environment. It is essential reading for students, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

Format: Hardback
Length: 360 pages
Publication date: 13 May 2022
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

This comprehensive Handbook provides a thorough examination of the research on tourism impacts. It critically assesses the social and environmental consequences of the sector, addressing the often-conflicting value systems that underpin both scholarly and policy agendas. The Handbook comprises a series of chapters that explore critical issues such as climate change, environmental degradation, and the impact of COVID-19 on tourism. Leading scholars in the field offer unique perspectives on tourism, highlighting its effects on communities, workers, and Indigenous peoples, as well as the ongoing global and local sustainability challenges associated with the industry's prevailing growth-oriented rationale.

The Handbook adopts a state-of-the-art, integrated approach to the field, outlining a social impact assessment framework. It also draws attention to the interconnected relationships between tourism, human rights, development, and the environment. By offering innovative insights on the future of the industry, the Handbook is an essential resource for students and scholars of tourism, human geography, planning, and other social sciences interested in tourism impacts. It also provides valuable insights for practitioners and policymakers seeking to address and mitigate the negative impacts of tourism.

Dimension: 244 x 169 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800377677