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UNINA9910780466703321 |
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Global ecotourism policies and case studies : perspectives and constraints / / edited by Michael L?uck and Torsten Kirstges |
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Clevedon ; ; Buffalo, : Channel View Publications, c2003 |
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1-280-62790-5 |
9786610627905 |
1-873150-75-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 p.) |
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Collana |
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Current themes in tourism |
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KirstgesTorsten |
LuckMichael <1966-> |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Basic Questions of ‘Sustainable Tourism’: Does Ecological and Socially Acceptable Tourism Have a Chance? -- Alternative Tourism Activities Management in the Argentinean–Chilean Great Lakes Corridor -- Analysis of the Visitors of Superagüi National Park, Brazil -- Supporting the Principles of Sustainable Development in Tourism and Ecotourism: Government’s Potential Role -- NGO–Community Collaboration for Ecotourism: A Strategy for Sustainable Regional Development -- Endangered Visitors: A Phenomenological Study of Eco-Resort Development -- Latin American Ecotourism: What is it? -- Pastoral Livelihoods in Tanzania: Can the Maasai Benefit from Conservation? -- Socio-political Aspects of Establishing Ecotourism in the Qwa-Qwa National Park, South Africa -- How Ecotourism can go Wrong: The Cases of Sea Canoe and Siam Safari, Thailand -- Sustainability of Small-Scale Ecotourism: The Case of Niue, South Pacific -- Local Community Involvement in Tourism around National Parks: Opportunities and Constraints -- Large-scale Ecotourism – A Contradiction in Itself? -- Looking into the Future of Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism |
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Tourism is now known as the world’s largest industry and a major |
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foreign exchange earner for many countries. With continuously growing tourist numbers, pressure on resources increases, and there is a need to preserve and protect natural, cultural and historic resources. Various more sensitive forms of tourism have emerged and in recognition of the need for this development the United Nations proclaimed 2002 as the International Year of Ecotourism. This book introduces the reader to a number of case studies from different parts of the world and illustrates opportunities and constraints associated with the implementation of the ecotourism concept. |
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UNINA9910781980403321 |
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Autore |
Meckling Jonas |
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Carbon coalitions : business, climate politics, and the rise of emissions trading / / Jonas Meckling |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2011 |
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0-262-29801-5 |
1-283-30290-X |
9786613302908 |
0-262-29888-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (261 p.) |
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Emissions trading |
Climatic changes - Government policy |
Emissions trading - United States |
Emissions trading - European Union countries |
Emissions trading - Great Britain |
Climatic changes - Government policy - United States |
Climatic changes - Government policy - European Union countries |
Climatic changes - Government policy - Great Britain |
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Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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An examination of how a transnational coalition of firms and NGOs influenced the emergence of emissions trading as a central component of global climate governance.Over the past decade, carbon trading has emerged as the industrialized world's primary policy response to global climate change despite considerable controversy. With carbon markets worth $144 billion in 2009, carbon trading represents the largest manifestation of the trend toward market-based environmental governance. In Carbon Coalitions, Jonas Meckling presents the first comprehensive study on the rise of carbon trading and the role business played in making this policy instrument a central pillar of global climate governance.Meckling explains how a transnational coalition of firms and a few market-oriented environmental groups actively promoted international emissions trading as a compromise policy solution in a situation of political stalemate. The coalition sidelined not only environmental groups that favored taxation and command-and-control regulation but also business interests that rejected any emissions controls. Considering the sources of business influence, Meckling emphasizes the importance of political opportunities (policy crises and norms), coalition resources (funding and legitimacy,) and political strategy (mobilizing state allies and multilevel advocacy).Meckling presents three case studies that represent milestones in the rise of carbon trading: the internationalization of emissions trading in the Kyoto Protocol (1989-2000); the creation of the EU Emissions Trading System (1998-2008); and the reemergence of emissions trading on the U.S. policy agenda (2001-2009). These cases and the theoretical framework that Meckling develops for understanding the influence of transnational business coalitions offer critical insights into the role of business in the emergence of market-based global environmental governance. |
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