Review of Swarbrooke, J. Sustainable Tourism Management.
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Buckley, R
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2001
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This is an interesting text, with an inappropriate title. With 34 lecture-length chapters, the book would be a solid university text on the social aspects of tourism; but it is only marginally about sustainable development or management. To start, only the social dimension of sustainability is considered. Swarbrooke argues that the natural environment is overemphasized (such as pp. 5, 11). This is patently incorrect. The most critical issue facing global society is the impact of human activity on the natural environment. Certainly, social issues are important, because they set apparently insurmountable barriers to ...
View more >This is an interesting text, with an inappropriate title. With 34 lecture-length chapters, the book would be a solid university text on the social aspects of tourism; but it is only marginally about sustainable development or management. To start, only the social dimension of sustainability is considered. Swarbrooke argues that the natural environment is overemphasized (such as pp. 5, 11). This is patently incorrect. The most critical issue facing global society is the impact of human activity on the natural environment. Certainly, social issues are important, because they set apparently insurmountable barriers to sustainability. However, without the environmental dimension, this book is not about sustainability.
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View more >This is an interesting text, with an inappropriate title. With 34 lecture-length chapters, the book would be a solid university text on the social aspects of tourism; but it is only marginally about sustainable development or management. To start, only the social dimension of sustainability is considered. Swarbrooke argues that the natural environment is overemphasized (such as pp. 5, 11). This is patently incorrect. The most critical issue facing global society is the impact of human activity on the natural environment. Certainly, social issues are important, because they set apparently insurmountable barriers to sustainability. However, without the environmental dimension, this book is not about sustainability.
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Journal Title
Annals of Tourism Research
Volume
28
Issue
2
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© 2001 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Commercial services
Marketing
Tourism