Political Ecology and Tourism

ISBN-13: 9781138547162 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 278 str.

Sanjay Nepal; Jarkko Saarinen

Opis

Very few tourism scholars have used political ecology as a lens to examine tourism-centric natural resource management issues. This book brings together a experts in the field to provide a global exploration of the application of political ecology to tourism.

Spis treści

Introduction: Political ecology and tourism – concepts and constructs    Part I: Communities and Livelihoods  Introduction  1. Indigenous tourism as a sustainable social-environmental enterprise: The political ecology of tourism in Southeast Alaska   2. Political ecology of the flats fishing industry in the Bahamas   3. Decommodifying neoliberal conservation? A political ecology of volunteer tourism in Costa Rica N  4. The politics of community-based ecotourism in Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhutan  Part II: Class, Representation and Power   Introduction  5. "A fragmented shore": Class politics and the Connecticut beaches   6. The call of the wild: Power and ideology in the Adirondack Park   7. Political ecology of community-based natural resources management: Principles and practices of power sharing in Botswana   8. Conservation for whom? Parks, people, and tourism in Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal   Part III: Disposession and Displacement  Introduction  9. Maya as commodity fetish: Accumulation by dispossession and ecotourism in the Yucatan Peninsula   10. A political ecology of tourism in the shadow of an inter-oceanic canal in Nicaragua: Displacing poverty or displacing social and environmental welfare?   11. High-end coastal tourism in northeastern Brazil: Implications for local livelihoods and natural resources management   12. Tourism development, dispossession and displacement of local communities in the Okavango Delta, Botswana   Part IV: Environmental Justice and Community Empowerment Introduction  13. Context-sensitive political ecology to consolidate local realities under global discourses: A view for tourism studies H  14. "Skwelkwek’welt is what we call this place": Indigenous-Settler relations and the "othered" side of British Columbia’s Sun Peaks Resort   15. Environment, Gender and Identity: The Taselotzin Project by Indigenous Women in Cuetzalan, Mexico  16. Conclusions: Towards a political ecology of tourism - key issues and research prospects