The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Sustainability

This timely Handbook of Tourism and Sustainability is developed from specifically commissioned original contributions from recognized authors in the field, providing a systematic guide to the current state of knowledge in this area. It is interdisciplinary in coverage and international in scope through its authorship and content. The volume commences with an assessment of tourism’s global environmental, e.g. climate, emissions, energy use, biodiversity, water use, land use, and socio-economic effects, e.g. economic impacts, employment and livelihoods, and culture. This then provides the context for sections outlining the main theoretical frameworks and constructs that inform tourism and sustainability, management tools and approaches, and the approaches used in different tourism and travel industry sectors. The book concludes by examining emerging and future concerns in tourism and sustainability such as peak-oil, post-carbon tourism, green economy, and transition tourism. This is essential reading for students, researchers, and academics interested in the possibilities of sustainable forms of tourism and tourism’s contribution to sustainable development. Its assessment of tourism’s global impact along with its overview of sectoral and management approaches will provide a benchmark by which the sustainability of tourism will be measured for years to come.