Tourism and the sustainability of human societies

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Author(s)
Buckley, Ralf
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2013
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The Brundtland definition of sustainable development, as cited by McCool in his lead probe Sustainable Tourism: Guiding Fiction, Social Trap or Path to Resilience? was a political one. In political terms it did serve a useful purpose, directing public attention to increasing shortages of natural resources. At the same time, however, it created continuing problems through its vagueness. As noted by McCool, it rallied social discourse but failed the specifics of implementation.The Brundtland definition of sustainable development, as cited by McCool in his lead probe Sustainable Tourism: Guiding Fiction, Social Trap or Path to Resilience? was a political one. In political terms it did serve a useful purpose, directing public attention to increasing shortages of natural resources. At the same time, however, it created continuing problems through its vagueness. As noted by McCool, it rallied social discourse but failed the specifics of implementation.
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Journal Title
Tourism Recreation Research
Volume
38
Issue
2
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© 2013 Tourism Recreation Research. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Tourism