Ecotourism has emerged over the last twenty years not just as a market niche, but also as a strategy for combining development with conservation in the developing world. Ecotourism, NGOs and Development considers the basis for advocacy and argues that it is premised upon a very limited and limiting view of the potential for development. Jim Butcher examines the advocacy of tourism as sustainable development in a range of NGOs and within the general literature. The research reveals that in spite of the plethora of critical commentaries on the operation of ecotourism projects, there is generally an uncritical take on the ideological basis of the projects. This book offers a timely critique of key assumptions underlying ecotourism's status as sustainable development, arguing that ecotourism as development strategy ties the fate of some of the poorest people on the planet to localized environmental imperatives.
| ISBN: | 9781138867161 |
| Publication date: | 7th April 2015 |
| Author: | Jim Butcher |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 198 pages |
| Series: | Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility |
| Genres: |
Human geography Development studies Environmental science, engineering and technology Sports |
Ecotourism has emerged over the last twenty years not just as a market niche, but also as a strategy for combining development with conservation in the developing world. Ecotourism, NGOs and Development considers the basis for advocacy and argues that it is premised upon a very limited and limiting view of the potential for development. Jim Butcher examines the advocacy of tourism as sustainable development in a range of NGOs and within the general literature. The research reveals that in spite of the plethora of critical commentaries on the operation of ecotourism projects, there is generally an uncritical take on the ideological basis of the projects. This book offers a timely critique of key assumptions underlying ecotourism's status as sustainable development, arguing that ecotourism as development strategy ties the fate of some of the poorest people on the planet to localized environmental imperatives.
Ecotourism, NGOs and Development features in the following genres: Human geography, Development studies, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Sports
Ecotourism, NGOs and Development is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Ecotourism, NGOs and Development was written by Jim Butcher and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Ecotourism, NGOs and Development has 198 pages
Yes it is part of Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility series
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