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Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Ekologi Social geography Ecology Zanzibar. world system theory sustainable tourism sustainable development rainforests human-environmental relations groundwater environmental consciousness ecotourism ecosystem functions economic transition cost-benefit analysis coastal zone management coastal communities climate change Air-traffic biodiversity Socialgeografi Environmental technology pollution control Miljöteknik kontroll av utsläpp.
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1. Tourism, Ecosystem Functions, and Human-Environmental Relations
Abstract : The thesis aims at deconstructing the sustainable tourism paradigm: can tourism be "a global strategy for sustainable development", as the tourist industry claims? And will developing countries in particular profit from tourism development?To most international organizations and institutions (from the World Wide Fund for Nature to The World Bank), tourism, if carefully managed, is a positive, sustainable development tool. However, the research presented in this thesis exposes this view as unrealistically optimistic for at least three reasons: first of all, global environmental change caused by tourism has never been investigated and integrated with the discourse on sustainable tourism development. READ MORE
