Island tourism : sustainable perspectives /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Series: Ecotourism book series ; no. 8.
• Subjects: Sustainable tourism.; Islands > Economic conditions.; Islands > Environmental aspects.; Sustainable development.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Social Psychology and Social Anthropolgy, (New March 2000); Tourism and Travel.; Ecology (General); Case studies.; Ecology.; Islands.; Socioeconomics.; Tourism development.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book exemplifies the ecological, social and economic perspectives of sustainable island tourism development. The book consists of 15 chapters presented in three parts. Cases in this book include cold water islands in the Atlantic and Southern Oceans, as well as islands in the more popular warmer climes of the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and the Pacific and Indian Oceans.