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In English
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Beschreibung:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Boxes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Thirsty Sector: Oil Requirements of Tourism -- 3. The Sky is the Limit: Growth Expectations for Tourism -- 4. The End of Plenty: Physical Constraints -- 5. Socio-Political Challenges of Addressing Peak Oil -- 6. The Economic Impact of Oil Prices on Tourism -- 7. Pathways to Post-Peak Tourism -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Index
This book is the first to examine oil constraints and tourism, and addresses one of the key challenges for the tourism industry in the future. It provides an estimate of how much oil tourism consumes globally and summarises state-of-the-art information on oil resources, oil data and public discourse. The volume also offers an analysis of the economic implications of increasing oil prices for tourism and discusses key dimensions relevant for tourism in a post peak oil world. It will be useful for tourism stakeholders globally, postgraduate students in tourism and resource management, ecological economists and those researching issues of resource efficiency, carrying capacity and global environmental change