This multidisciplinary volume dicusses the impact of tourism on sustainable development in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Mediterranean. Bringing together scholars, development practitioners, international experts, and professionals, the contributors discuss the issues from a holistic and transnational perspective. This work provides a much-needed, thorough understanding of the interplay among economic, cultural, environmental, and public health parameters.
The contributors provide a workable definition of sustainable development that can be understood, conveyed, and implemented by policy makers, development practitioners, and tourism professionals. Among the special issues addressed here are the role of women in tourism, the contradictions inherent in cultural tourism, the hegemony of tour operators, disease mapping and risk assessment, and island community involvement in tourism-related land-use planning.
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Preface
Part I: New Perspectives on Insular Tourism and Sustainable Development
From MIRAB to TOURAB? Searching for Sustainable Development in the Maritime Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean by Yorghos Apostolopoulos and Dennis J Gayle
Problems for Managing Sustainable Tourism in Small Islands by Jerome L Mcelroy and Klaus de Albuquerque
Tourism Profiles of the Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean Basins
The Development of a Sustainable Tourism Sector in the Caribbean by Bhoendradatt Tewarie
Managing and Sustaining Tourism in Small States: Singapore and the Pacific Islands by Linda Low
Tourism Development in Mediterranean Islands: Opportunities and Constraints by Dimitri Ioannides
Issues Pertinent to Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean Tourist Destinations
Sustainable Coastal and Marine Tourism Development: A Hobson's Choice? by Vinod Sasidharan and Brijesh Thapa
Tourism, Agriculture, and the Sustainability of Terrestrial Ecosystems in Small Islands by Dennis Conway
Island Tourism Development and Carrying Capacity by Harry Coccossis
Cultural Tourism in Small-Island States: Contradictions and Ambiguities by Ron Ayres
Sustaining Tourism in Islands under Sociopolitical Adversity by Sevil Sönmez
Tour-Operator Hegemony: Dependency, Oligopoly, and Sustainability in Insular Destinations by Dallen J Timothy and Dimitri Ioannides
Women as Producers and Consumers of Island Tourism by Penny Davidson, Trudy Jones,and Matthias Schellhorn
New Directions for Insular Tourism
Disease Mapping and Risk Assessment for Public Health and Sustainable Tourism Development in Insular Regions by Yorghos Aspostolopoulos and Sevil Sönmez
Island Community Involvement in Tourism Land-Use Planning by Philippos Loukissas and Nikolaos Triantafyllopoulos
Sustainable Strategies and Prospects for Small Tourist Islands by Kyung-Hwan and Muzaffer Uysal
Index
About the Editors and Contributors
