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Book Networks of Knowledge

Download or read book Networks of Knowledge written by Janice Gross Stein and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the 'knowledge network' whose primary mandate is to create and disseminate knowledge based on multidisciplinary research that is informed by problem-solving as well as theoretical agendas.

Book Ideas for Development

Download or read book Ideas for Development written by Robert Chambers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many ideas and opportunities include: narrowing the gaps between words and actions; reducing demands on administrative capacity; using minimum rules, non-negotiables and downward accountability to transform power relations; finding new potentials for participation; improving scaling up; critical reflection and experiential learning; complementing rights-based with obligations-based approaches; pro-poor realism; and responsible well-being."

Book Seeds of Hope

Download or read book Seeds of Hope written by Elmer Magsanoc Ferrer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Visayan Life

    Book Details:
  • Author : Iwao Ushijima
  • Publisher : Cssp Publications Colleg
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Visayan Life written by Iwao Ushijima and published by Cssp Publications Colleg. This book was released on 1996 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Practice of Sustainable Tourism

Download or read book The Practice of Sustainable Tourism written by Michael Hughes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable tourism is a widely used term that has accumulated considerable attention from researchers and policy makers over the past two decades. However, there is still an apparently wide gap between theory and practice in the area. Recent scholarly research has tended to focus on niche areas of alternative tourism rather than address the broader issues and vagaries and paradoxes that appear to plague the broader notion of sustainable tourism. As such, there is a need for a new and pragmatic analysis of sustainable tourism as an overarching idea and how this manifests in practice. The Practice of Sustainable Tourism fulfils this need by offering a fresh perspective on sustainable tourism as an umbrella concept with inherent tensions. It presents a way of thinking about tourism based on the notion of finding common ground using the dialectic tradition of philosophy. Dialectics focusses on resolving opposing viewpoints by recognising they have common elements that can be combined into a rational and practical solution over time. As part of this approach, the book examines the strongly apparent tensions within alternative tourism as well as the paradox of continuing growth and other mass tourism related issues. It is divided into three parts, Part I includes chapters discussing the general concept of sustainable tourism, its history, current status and possible futures; Part II includes a range of destination case studies exploring how sustainable tourism has been applied and Part III includes perspectives from the tourism operator view. Given the international content and challenging themes, the book will be appealing internationally to students, researchers and academics in the fields of tourism, geography, sustainability and social science.

Book Women in Fisheries

Download or read book Women in Fisheries written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scientific Innovations for Coastal Resource Management

Download or read book Scientific Innovations for Coastal Resource Management written by Ramos, Jorge and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-08-23 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coastal areas are among Earth's most dynamic and economically vital regions, supporting diverse ecosystems and human communities. However, they face unprecedented challenges due to increasing urbanization, industrialization, and climate change. These pressures have led to the degradation of coastal environments, loss of biodiversity, and heightened vulnerability to natural disasters. The traditional approaches to coastal management often need to be revised to address these complex and interconnected challenges, highlighting the need for innovative solutions that integrate scientific advancements. Scientific Innovations for Coastal Resource Management offers a timely and comprehensive solution to the challenges facing coastal areas worldwide. This book provides a holistic framework for sustainable coastal management by bringing together diverse perspectives and cutting-edge research. With its emphasis on scientific innovations, including Industry 4.0 technologies, the book equips scholars, practitioners, and policymakers with the knowledge and tools needed to address the complex challenges of coastal management in the 21st century.

Book Tourism  Development and Growth

Download or read book Tourism Development and Growth written by John J. Pigram and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-05 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinguishing between sustainable development and sustainable tourism, the authors examine whether, and in what form, tourism can contribute to sustainable development and growth. Focusing on different types of tourism appropriate to particular situations, the team of leading contributors draws on examples from around the world - Canada, USA, Spain, Belgium, UK, Australia - to explore tourism's contribution to the economic, social, political and environmental advancement of developing countries and the importance of tourism in industrialised nations. This book examines the new policies and initiatives established by both the private sector and the state to pursue sustainable tourism growth and identifies the opportunities and challenges inherent in achieving it.

Book Events  Society and Sustainability

Download or read book Events Society and Sustainability written by Tomas Pernecky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growth of the events industry brings with it concerns of sustainable management, the sharing of available resources, and ensuring that people and places are not over-exploited. This book brings together emerging critical perspectives, innovative conceptual frameworks and contemporary case studies concerning events, society, and sustainability.

Book Sustainable Agriculture and Food

Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture and Food written by Jules N. Pretty and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Papers Presented at the FAO Japan Expert Consultation on the Development of Community Based Coastal Fishery Management Systems for Asia and the Pacific  Kobe  Japan  8 12 June 1992

Download or read book Papers Presented at the FAO Japan Expert Consultation on the Development of Community Based Coastal Fishery Management Systems for Asia and the Pacific Kobe Japan 8 12 June 1992 written by and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Islandscapes and Tourism

Download or read book Islandscapes and Tourism written by Joseph M Cheer and published by CABI. This book was released on 2023-04-07 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The links between islands and tourism, as sights of pleasure is embodied in the touristification of sun, sand and sea. Islandscapes are central to the tourist imaginaries that shape islands as touristified places - curated, designed and commodified for both mass tourism and more niche inclined versions. Yet while islands are parlayed for touristic pleasure seekers, islands are also home to longstanding communities that have variously battled with the tyranny of distance from metropolitan centres, as well as the everyday challenges of climate change effects, and benefitted from their isolation from modern-day pressures. This anthology of articles previously published in the journal Shima explores emergent themes that describe how island peoples adapt and respond in localised cultural islandscapes as a consequence of tourism expansion. It is aimed at researchers in island studies, tourism, sustainability, human geography, cultural studies, sociology and anthropology. The anthology will also be of interest to those with an abiding interest in the trajectories of islands and their peoples, particularly where tourism has come to shape islandscapes.

Book Community Based Tourism in the Developing World

Download or read book Community Based Tourism in the Developing World written by Peter Wiltshier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses community-based approaches to developing and regenerating tourism destinations in the developing world, addressing this central issue in sustainable tourism practices. It reviews a variety of systems useful for analysing and understanding management issues to offer new insight into the skills and resources that are needed for implementation, ongoing monitoring and review of community-based tourism. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores alternatives to the dominant interpretation which argues against tourism as a benefit for community development. International case studies throughout the book illustrate and vouch for tourism as a transformative force while clarifying the need to manage expectations in sustainable tourism for community development, rejuvenation and regeneration. Emphasis is placed on accruing relevant decision-support material, and creating services, products and management approaches that will endure and adapt as change necessitates. This will be of great interest to upper-level students, researchers and academics in the fields of tourism impacts, sustainability, ethics and development as well as the broader field of geography.

Book Managing Events  Festivals and the Visitor Economy

Download or read book Managing Events Festivals and the Visitor Economy written by Michael B. Duignan and published by CABI. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited text, intended to support a research-informed approach to learning and teaching, presents an array of concepts, collaborations and in-depth cases related to managing events, festivals and the visitor economy. Authors offer an array of philosophical, political, cultural, and ethical perspectives on how to achieve this across a range of contexts, from Cambodia, China, Egypt to the British cathedral city of Lincoln. Though recognising individual difference, each chapter unites in their common pursuit of supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). This is significant as utilising the UNSDGs as a normative organising framework for how we all think about, plan, and manage a 'good' visitor economy is increasingly ubiquitous. It is with this in mind that each chapter provides explicit links to the UNSDGs and policy and/or practical implications, along with a series of critical self-assessment questions to reflect on the chapter's key arguments. This collection aims to satiate what appears to be an increasing appetite of readers and students alike who seek exposure to rigorous debate in and out of the classroom.

Book Indigenous Tourism

Download or read book Indigenous Tourism written by Michelle Aicken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world characterized by an encroaching homogeneity induced by the growth of multi-national corporations and globalization, the causes of difference accrue new levels of importance. This is as true of tourism as in many other spheres of life – and one cause of differentiation for tourism promotion is the culture of Indigenous Peoples. This offers opportunities for cultural renaissance, income generation and enhanced political empowerment, but equally there are possible costs of creating commodities out of aspects of life that previously possessed spiritual meaning. This book examines these issues from many different perspectives; from those of product design and enhancement; of the aspirations of various minority groupings; and the patterns of displacements that occur – displacements that are not simply spatial but also social and cultural. How can these changes be managed? Case studies and analysis is offered, derived from many parts of the globe including North America, Asia and Australasia. The contributors themselves have, in many instances, worked closely with groups and organizations of Indigenous Peoples and attempt to give voice to their concerns. The book is divided into various themes, each with a separate introduction and commentary. The themes are Visitor Experiences, Who manages Indigenous Cultural Tourism Product, Events and Artifacts, Conceptualisation and Aspiration. In a short final section the silences are noted – each silence representing a potential challenge for future research to build upon the notions and lessons reported in the book. The book is edited by Professor Chris Ryan from New Zealand, and Michelle Aicken of Horwath Asia Pacific.