ABSTRACT
In a world increasingly faced with, and divided by, regional and global crises, resilience has emerged as a key concept with significant relevance for tourism.
A paradigmatic shift is taking place in the long-term planning of tourism development, in which the prevailing focus on sustainability is being enhanced with the practical application of resilience planning. This book provides a critical appraisal of sustainability and resilience, and the relationship between the two. Contributions highlight the complexity of addressing social change with resilience planning in a range of tourism contexts, from islands to mountains, from urban to remote environments, and in a range of international settings. Case studies articulate how tourism is both an agent of social change and a victim of larger change processes, and provide important lessons on how to deal with increasingly unstable economic, social and environmental systems.
This is the first book to specifically examine social change and sustainability in tourism through a resilience lens. This much-needed contribution to the literature will be a key resource for those working in tourism studies, tourism planning and management, social geography, and development studies, among others.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|58 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|15 pages
Understanding tourism resilience
part II|105 pages
Social, political, and economic drivers of change
chapter 4|24 pages
Resilience in the visitor economy
chapter 6|13 pages
From warrior to beach boy
chapter 9|15 pages
The sustainability of small business resilience
part III|152 pages
Tourism as a socio-economic driver of change
chapter 12|20 pages
Resilience and tourism development in rural China
chapter 13|21 pages
Learning from Dabang, Taiwan
chapter 15|20 pages
Backpacker tourism in Fiji as a sustainability intervention
chapter 16|15 pages
Sustainability or resilience?
chapter 17|22 pages
Between resilience and preservation strategies
part IV|7 pages
Conclusion