The Routledge handbook of tourism and the environment / edited by Andrew Holden and David Fennell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1.Scientific realities and cultural constructs of the environment -- 1.Introduction. Andrew Holden -- 2.The natural science ontology of environment. Michael Hall -- 3.Social science ontology of environment: challenges to human exceptionalism. Bryan Grimwood -- 4.Religious views of the environment: sanctification of nature and implications for tourism. Dallen Timothy -- 5.Tourism and indigenous reverence: the possibilities for recover of land and revitalisation of life. Keith Hollinshead -- 6.\'Prophets of nature\': romanitic ideals of nature and their continuing relevance for tourism today. Diana Barsham and Michael Hitchcock -- 7.The importance of the aesthetic. Cain S. Todd -- 8Viewing nature politically. Adrain Franklin -- 9.Using complexity theory to develop understanding of tourism and the environment. Nancy Stevenson -- 10.Tourism and romantic myths of nature: the evolution of a discursive relationship. Tony Seaton -- Part 2.Ecosystmes and impact issues -- 11.Introduction. David Fennell -- 12.Nature bits back: impacts of the environment on tourism. Carl Cater -- 13.Biodiversity and tourism. David Mercer -- 14.\'Tourism into the wild\': the limits of tourism in wilderness. Jarkko Saainen -- 15.Freshwater systems and tourism. Kay Dimmock, Jessica Taplin and John Taplin and John Jenkins -- 16. Marine systems and tourism. Mark Orams and Michael Lück -- 17.Mountain environments and tourism. Catherine Pickering and Agustina Barros -- 18.Orchids: an example of charismatic megaflora tourism? Catherine Pickering and Mark Ballantyne -- 19.Island tourism. Godrey baldacchino -- Part 3.Environmental policy, resource governance and management -- 20.Introduction. Andrew Holden -- 21.The Brundtland Report (Our Common Future) and tourism. David Telfer -- 22.Framework conventions for climate change. Debbie Hopkins and James Higham -- 23.The vulnerabilty of tourism to climate change. Daniel Scott and Christopher Lemieux -- 24.Demand management for the sustainability of tourism. Patrizia Modica -- 25.Zonging, land-use planning and tourism. Peter Mason -- 26.Protected areas and tourism. Andrew Holden -- 27.Limits of acceptable change and tourism. Stephen McCool -- 28.Sustainable tourism certification. Xavier Font -- 29.Lessons learned: knowledge management and tourism development. Alan Clarke, Ágnes Raffay and Peter Wiltshier -- Part 4.Terminology and types of tourism -- 30.Introduction. David Fennell -- 31.Ecotourism. David Fennell -- 32.Nature-based tourism. Alexandra Coughlan and Ralf Buckley -- 33.Wildlife tourism. David Newsome and Kate Rodger -- 34.Agri-tourism: in between rural change, tourism restructuring and environmental imperatives. Theodosia Anthopoulou and Yorgos Melissourgos -- 35.Slow travel. Janet Dickinson and Les Lumsdon -- 36.Responsible tourism: whose responsibility? Richard Sharpley -- 37.Pro-poor tourism and local ecnomic development. Harold Goodwin and Adama Bah

Part 5.Contemporary and future issues -- 38.Introduciton. David Fennell -- 39.Climate change and tourism. Peter Burns and Lyn Bibbings -- 40.Climate policy and tourism. Stefan Gössling -- 41.Water and tourism. Michalis Hadijkakou, Jonathan Chenoweth and Graham Miller -- 42.Community-based ecotourism as indigenous social entrepreenurship. Trisia Farrelly -- 43.Tourism\'s wasteful ways. David T. Brown -- 44.Fair trade in tourism: critical shifts and perspectives. Angela Kalisch -- 45.Resiliency and uncertainty in tourism. Tazin Jamal -- 46.Tourism and CSR. Ralf Buckley and Fernanda de Vasconcellos Pegas -- 47.Envrionmental security and tourism. Kevin Hannam -- 48.Adaptive co-management: a new frontier for nature-based tourism. Ryan Plummer, Samantha Stone-Jovicich and Erin Bohensky -- 49.Measurement of corporate social performance in tourism. Danuta de Grosbois.