LEADER 04677nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910809274303321 005 20230721021817.0 010 $a1-282-13577-5 010 $a9786612135774 010 $a1-84541-110-2 024 7 $a10.21832/9781845411107 035 $a(CKB)1000000000766230 035 $a(EBL)449875 035 $a(OCoLC)593239902 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000310860 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12096856 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310860 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10290220 035 $a(PQKB)10646510 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000741975 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12367959 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741975 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10743005 035 $a(PQKB)11551812 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC449875 035 $a(DE-B1597)541732 035 $a(OCoLC)1135591867 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781845411107 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL449875 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10310843 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL213577 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000766230 100 $a20090428d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSustainable tourism in Southern Africa$b[electronic resource] $elocal communities and natural resources in transition /$fedited by Jarkko J. Saarinen ... [et al.] 210 $aBristol ;$aBuffalo $cChannel View Publications$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 225 0 $aAspects of Tourism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84541-108-0 311 $a1-84541-109-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tCases and Issues -- $tFigures -- $tTables -- $tPlates -- $tAbbreviations -- $tContributors -- $tPreface -- $t1. Introduction: Call for Sustainability -- $t2. Tourism Development in Southern Africa: Patterns, Issues and Constraints -- $t3. Tourism Policy and Politics in Southern Africa -- $t4. Women and Tourism in Southern Africa -- $t5. Sustainable Tourism: Perspectives to Sustainability in Tourism -- $t6. Tourism, Conservation Areas and Local Development in Namibia: Spatial Perspectives of Private and Public Sector Reform -- $t7. Commercialization of National Parks: South Africa?s Kruger National Park as an Example -- $t8. Natural Resource-based Tourism and Wildlife Policies in Botswana -- $t9. Tourism, Nature Conservation and Environmental Legislation in Namibia -- $t10. Transfrontier Conservation and Local Communities -- $t11. Village-based Tourism and Community Participation: A Case Study of the Matsheng Villages in Southwest Botswana -- $t12. The Socio-economic Impacts of Tourism in the Okavango Delta, Botswana -- $t13. Sustainable Tourism on Commonages: An Alternative to Traditional Agricultural-based Land Reform in Namaqualand, South Africa -- $t14. Local Food as a Key Element of Sustainable Tourism Competitiveness -- $t15. Conclusions and Critical Issues in Tourism and Sustainability in Southern Africa -- $tIndex 330 $aTourism has become a major economic agent and an important social and cultural element in contemporary southern Africa. As such, tourism has a wide range of impacts on environment, economy, cultures, and the everyday life of people. These processes have highlighted the role of sustainability in tourism development.This book represents an accessible examination of the connections between tourism and sustainability in southern Africa. It introduces connections between tourism, sustainability and development with a range of case studies and examples from the region. While the book and the individual chapters are emphasising the key role of tourism in the transition processes of local communities and environments, the social, cultural, economic and political contexts of tourism and communities are also highlighted. 606 $aTourism$zSouth Africa 606 $aEnvironmental protection$zSouth Africa 610 $acommunity tourism. 610 $asustainability. 610 $asustainable tourism. 610 $atourism and natural resources. 610 $atourism and sustainability in southern Africa. 610 $atourism development. 610 $atourism impacts. 610 $atourism policy in southern africa. 615 0$aTourism 615 0$aEnvironmental protection 676 $a338.4/79168 701 $aSaarinen$b Jarkko$f1968-$01645096 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809274303321 996 $aSustainable tourism in Southern Africa$93991364 997 $aUNINA