Search for dissertations about: "tourism sustainability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words tourism sustainability.

2. 1. Sustainable tourism development : Social sustainability, planning and strategic development for better cities

   Author : Anna-Paula Jonsson; Hans Westlund; Jan-Henrik Nilsson; KTH; []
   Keywords : Sustainable tourism; urban tourism; urban planning; decision-making processes; strategic governance; Hållbar turism; urban turism; stadsplanering; beslutsprocesser; strategisk samhällsplanering; Urban and Regional Studies; Urbana och regionala studier;

   Abstract : The main goal of this thesis has been to contribute towards improved understanding of how cities can influence tourism development. A great deal of earlier tourism studies has been concerned with aspects of social sustainability. This has naturally concentrated on potential as well as real anomalies and conflicts related to urban tourism. READ MORE

4. 2. Distance matters: An inquiry into relation between transport and environmental sustainability in tourism

   Author : Lotta Frändberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; tourism; transports; sustainability;

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5. 3. Tourism as Interaction of Landscapes : Opportunities and obstacles on the way to sustainable development in Lamu Island, Kenya

   Author : Siw-Inger Halling; Peeter Maandi; Erik Westholm; Elisabeth Gräslund Berg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lamu; sustainable development; tourism; landscape; moral landscapes; tourism and gender relations;

   Abstract : Abstract Lamu Island on the Kenyan coast is the home of a society with a thousand year history of contacts with other cultures through trade and shipping.  The loss of its traditional socio-economic base has led to the entry of tourism as the main income generating activity and the major contact with distant peoples. READ MORE

6. 4. Can tourism be sustainable? : Service Experiences from Tourism Destinations in Europe

   Author : Anna Sörensson; Jan-Åke Törnroos; Mittuniversitetet; []
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   Abstract : The tourism industry is growing rapidly, and thus there is an urgent need to developing sustainable tourism. The research objective of the thesis is to explore and discuss the concept of sustainability within the tourism industry from a marketing point of view, focusing on the perspective of tourist producers’. READ MORE

7. 5. On Environmental Grounds : Outdoor Recreation, Place Relations and Environmental Sustainability

   Author : Daniel Wolf-Watz; Klas Sandell; Peter Fredman; Robert Pettersson; Ebba Lisberg Jensen; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental Concern; Place; Nature; Practice; Tourism; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between outdoor recreation and environmental concern as part of the wider issue of environmental sustainability in late-modern societies. It includes studies of environmentalists’ (that is environmentally committed individuals’) preferences and motivations with regard to outdoor recreation, and covers the inquiries of whether and how outdoor recreation can influence levels of environmental concern. READ MORE