Description
| Product ID: | 9781845416294 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Tourism Essentials |
| Title: | Tourism and Resilience |
| Subtitle: | Individual, Organisational and Destination Perspectives |
| Authors: | Author: Alberto Amore, Girish Prayag, C. Michael Hall |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Sociology, Sociology, Development economics and emerging economies, Hospitality and service industries, Social impact of environmental issues, Sustainability, Development economics & emerging economies, Service industries, Social impact of environmental issues, Sustainability |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This is the first authored overview of resilience in tourism and its relationship to the broader resilience literature. The book examines resilience at individual, organisation and destination levels, and with respect to the wider tourism system. It is designed to be an upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate primer on resilience in tourism. This book is the first authored overview of resilience in tourism and its relationship to the broader resilience literature. The volume takes a multi-scaled approach to examine resilience at the individual, organisation and destination levels, and with respect to the wider tourism system. It covers the different approaches to understanding resilience (the ecological and engineering approaches) and identifies issues with their understanding and application. The book connects issues of resilience to related key concepts such as vulnerability, adaptation, networks, systems, change and social capital. It is designed to be an upper level undergraduate and postgraduate primer on resilience in a tourism context and will be of interest to tourism researchers in planning, development, geography, impacts, sustainability, disaster management and environmental studies. |
| Imprint Name: | Channel View Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Channel View Publications Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-11-15 |
