Planning for Tourism, Leisure and Sustainability

International Case Studies

Edited by Anthony S. Travis
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April 2016
9781780646817
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  • Pages 356 pp.
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November 2011
9781845937423
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    CABI
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    16th November 2011
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  • Language English
  • Pages 356 pp.
  • Size 6.75" x 9.5"
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Providing a wide range of case studies in sustainable tourism planning, this authoritative work presents cases at both international and national levels as well as on a regional, sub-regional, urban, local and site scale. Drawing on the author's world-wide experience and with contributions from professionals in the field, this book takes a comparative approach relating to different economic, political and temporal dimensions, examining established initiatives both in the context of the standards of the time and from a modern perspective looking back. With an emphasis on sustainability, this unique collection is an essential resource for tourism planners, researchers and students.

PART I: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL SCALES OF TOURISM AND LEISURE PLANNING
1. World and National Systems of Heritage Resource Classification (RMP)
2. Planning for Tourism in a Post-industrial Society - a National Case Study from the UK (RMP)
3. Planning for Economic Reconstruction and Change in a Post-war Communist State: Case Study of Poland (RMP)
4. The Pilbara: a Sub-national Australian Study in 21st Century Resource Development Planning
5. The Netherlands: a European Case Study of a Nation Planning with an Over Abundance of Water
6. Israel: a Middle Eastern Case Study of Planning in a Mediterranean/Desert Edge Location (RMP)
7. Denmark: a Scandinavian Case Study of Regional Conservation Planning for Tourism and Recreation 1960-1980 (RMP)
8. Maldives' Tourism Development: a Test Case in the Indian Ocean for Conservation and Economic Development in an Islamic State (RMP towards STP)
9. Sustainable Transport to Tourist Destination Countries

PART II: REGIONAL TOURISM PLANNING AND NATURAL RESOURCE PLANNING
10. Introduction to Mountain Region Planning for Conservation and Tourism
11. Introduction to the High Tatras and the Slovak High Tatras Case Study
12. The Polish Part of the High Tatras: the High Tatras and the Zakopane Areas
13 Subregional Resource Conservation Planning: the Firth of Clyde, 1970 - the First New European Strategy for Integrated Leisure and Tourism Development
14. Upland Classical National Park Eco-model: the Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, 1990
15. Community-based Desert Ecotourism, Ancient Cities and Nomadic Cultures
- Case Study 1: Petra, Wadi Rum and Aqaba, Jordan
- Case Study 2: Tamanrasset and the Hoggar Mountains of the Sahara, Southern Algeria
- Case Study 3: Incense Trail of Nabbatean Cities in the Negev, Southern Israel
- Case Study 4: Egyptian Ecotourism and Desert Tourism

16. Introduction to UK Upland Planning for Countryside Conservation, Recreation and Tourism
- Case Study 1: National Park Planning and Management
- Case Study 2: The Upper Derwent Valley in the Peak District National Park
- Case Study 3: The Tarka Project in Devon

17. Post-industrial Regional Tourism Planning: the South Wales Valleys - Strategy for Development and Conservation in the 1980s
18. Nature and Culture: Developing a Rural Region's Heritage Trails Through Dolenjska and Bela Krajina in Slovenia
19. Host Cultures and Tourism: Is a Culture Sustainable?
20. Mid-Wales Festival of the Countryside: a Model of Events to Reinforce Rural Culture and Life
21. Den Norske Turistforening - a Voluntary Sector Sustainable Programme in Norway
22. Cycling in the Netherlands - a Sustainable Move Forward for a Whole Nation

PART III: COASTAL AND MARITIME PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
23. Adriatic Coastal Development Planning by Federal Yugoslavia (Now Croatia), 1960-1980
24. Planning the Coastline: England and Wales 1960-1970
25. Mediterranean Action Plan and Blue Plan
26. Tourism Carrying Capacity Assessment in the Mediterranean 1980-2009
27. 'Working with the Sea': the 2008 Dutch National Response to Global Warming and Sea Rise

PART IV: HISTORIC CITIES AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM PLANNING
28. Historic Cities as Sustainable Tourist Destinations
29. Edinburgh: Post-war Urban Planning and Conservation in a World Heritage City
30. Urban Event Tourism: Edinburgh - the Festivals and Many 'Tourisms'
31. Salzburg: Management and Tourism in an Austro-Hungarian Festival City
32. Colonial Williamsburg: a Conserved and Renovated Settlement as a Managed Cultural, Educational and Tourist Centre
33. The Sustainable Historic City Centre: Munich as a Model
34. Post-industrial Urban Centre Landscape Transformation: Central Birmingham (UK) as a Test Case 1960-2010
35. Sustainable Transport in and at Tourist Destination Areas (TDAs)

PART V: LOCAL AND SITE SCALE OF TOURISM AND LEISURE SERVICES PLANNING
36. Heritage Conservation Planning, at the Site Scale: Management and Interpretation
37. Historic Sites: Case Studies of Three Battlefields
- Case Study 1: Gettysburg, Virginia, USA
- Case Study 2: Culloden, Scotland, UK
- Case Study 3: Waterloo, Belgium

38. Tivoli: a Unique Danish 'Pleasure Ground' and Theme Park
39. US Heritage Parks and High-capacity Theme Parks in Virginia
40. The New Museumology - Site Interpretation and Animation
41. Regional Park Systems, Identity and Outdoor Recreation in Metropolitan Areas
- Case Study: The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (HCMA), Detroit

42. Beaulieu, UK: Recycling an Historic Private Estate as a Major Tourist Attraction
43. Integrated Community Building Complexes: Experimental Provisions in the Netherlands and the UK
- Case Study 1: The Pioneer Health Centre, Peckham, London (1935)
- Case Study 2: The 'Meerpaal', Dronten in Flevoland (1967)
- Case Study 3: 't Karregat in Eindhoven (1973)
- Case Study 4: The 'Agora', Lelystad in Flevoland (1977)

PART VI: 'SLICING THE CAKE DIFFERENTLY' - RESORTS, SPAS, PILGRIMAGES AND CITY TOURISM
44. Introduction
45. Resorts are Not Forever
- Case Study 1: The Scheveningen Story
- Case Study 2: UK 'Sea-Change Programme 2008'
- Case Study 3: Bournemouth - a Sustainable Resort?

46. Long-life Pilgrimage Tourism and its Destinations
47. Cities as Sustainable Tourism Destinations

Anthony S. Travis

Anthony S. Travis is Emeritus Professor at the University of Birmingham and International Tourism Consultant, UK.