environmental tourism book

• Engineering & Transportation
• Engineering

Promotions apply when you purchase

These promotions will be applied to this item:

Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.

• Highlight, take notes, and search in the book
• In this edition, page numbers are just like the physical edition

Rent $33.20

Today through selected date:

Rental price is determined by end date.

Buy for others

Buying and sending ebooks to others.

• Select quantity
• Buy and send eBooks
• Recipients can read on any device

These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold.

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required .

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

Image Unavailable

• To view this video download Flash Player

Follow the author

Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet: Environmental, Business and Policy Solutions 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

This book helps all those involved in international tourism develop the new skills, tools and investments required to protect irreplaceable global resources from the impacts of escalating tourism demand over the next 50 years. It documents how technology and the growing global middle class are driving a travel revolution which requires a new paradigm in managing tourism destinations. Travel and tourism supply chains and business models for hotels, tour operators, cruise lines, airlines and airports are analysed and environmental management techniques are proposed for each sector. A pragmatic set of solutions are offered to support the transition to lower impact tourism development worldwide.

It recommends that decision makers assess the current and future value of natural, social, and cultural capital to guide investment in destinations and protect vital resources. Case studies illustrate why budgets to protect local destinations are consistently underestimated and offer guidance on new metrics. Innovative approaches are proposed to support the transition to green infrastructure, protect incomparable landscapes, and engage local people in the monitoring of vital indicators to protect local resources.

It provides students, professionals, and policy makers with far-reaching recommendations for new educational programs, professional expertise, financing, and legal frameworks to lower tourism’s rapidly escalating carbon impacts and protect the health and well-being of local populations, ecosystems, cultures, and monuments worldwide.

• ISBN-13 978-1138217584
• Edition 1st
• Publisher Routledge
• Publication date February 28, 2017
• Language English
• File size 3723 KB
• See all details

Kindle E-Readers

• Kindle Paperwhite
• Kindle Paperwhite (5th Generation)
• Kindle Touch
• Kindle Voyage
• Kindle Oasis
• All new Kindle paperwhite
• All New Kindle E-reader
• Kindle Oasis (9th Generation)
• Kindle Paperwhite (10th Generation)
• Kindle Paperwhite (11th Generation)
• All New Kindle E-reader (11th Generation)
• Kindle Scribe (1st Generation)
• Kindle (10th Generation)
• Kindle Oasis (10th Generation)

Fire Tablets

• Fire HD 8 (8th Generation)
• Fire 7 (9th Generation)
• Fire HD 10 (9th Generation)
• Fire HD 8 (10th Generation)
• Fire HD 10 (11th Generation)
• Fire HD 10 Plus
• Fire 7 (12th Generation)
• Fire HD 8 (12th Generation)
• Fire HD 8 Plus

Free Kindle Reading Apps

• Kindle for Android Phones
• Kindle for Android Tablets
• Kindle for iPhone
• Kindle for iPad
• Kindle for Mac
• Kindle for PC
• Kindle for Web

Editorial Reviews

Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet will give you a comprehensive and deep understanding of all of the multiple actors in the international tourism industry and their environmental impacts and challenges, along with economic, political, and cultural dimensions.The comprehensive analyses of each segment of the industry – tour operators, cruise liners, airlines, hotels, and the emerging online tourism entrants – lay out quantitatively and qualitatively the business models, competitive dynamics, policy, and environmental aspects.The analyses are evidence-based, drawing on a wide range of research and studies.The author’s decades of experience in multiple sectors of the industry, including nonprofit, for profit, and governmental organizations, illuminate the book with practical case examples, insightful first-hand experiences, and valuable expert judgments.The presentation is very well organized and exceptionally clearly written. The book is illuminating reading and enriching learning. James E. Austin, Harvard Business School, USA

Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet is both comprehensive and provocative. A must-read for anyone interested in the present and future state of travel and tourism in the face of global climate change, poverty, and ecosystem degradation. Grounded in decades of leadership and experience, Epler Wood methodically presents the comprehensive social, environmental, and financial impacts of what has become one of the most important economic engines of the global economy and introduces new business models and approaches to move us beyond overconsumption of limited tourism assets. Mark B. Milstein, Cornell University, USA

Epler Wood’s book carefully documents why travel and tourism plays a critical role in preserving natural and social capital and its seminal importance to human health, well-being, and compassion in this multicultural world. With equal emphasis, it outlines the importance of replicable measurements of the industry’s cumulative impacts, with in-depth analysis of each of the sector’s major industrial sectors – hotels, tour operators, cruise lines, airlines, and airports. Read this book to learn how to approach this global industry. John D. Spengler, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA

How will we protect destinations with projected global population growth and an increase in the demand for travel? Epler Wood lays out an integrated vision for sustainable tourism that effectively addresses the relationship between traveler consumption patterns and their impact on natural resources. For corporate social responsibility and tourism destination managers alike, this book offers indispensable real-world case studies and provides a vision for a pragmatic way forward. Seleni Matus, George Washington University, USA

Epler Wood argues throughout the book that quantitative analysis at a much larger scale is required to navigate successfully the growing complexity of our world and tourism as one of its biggest industries. Misinformation and feeling must be replaced with hard data and fact, a tall order in our present ever changing and confusing information world. This book deserves a place on the shelves of academics, government and business leaders, and all those that wish to ensure future generations can meet their needs on spaceship earth. Keith Dewar, Univeristy of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada

About the Author

Megan Epler Wood founded and led The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) from 1990 to 2002. She is the Director of the International Sustainable Tourism Initiative at the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, an instructor of online courses in sustainable tourism at Harvard Extension’s Graduate School of Sustainability, and a Senior Project Associate at the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Her consulting practice EplerWood International fosters sustainable tourism development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Product details

• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XBYP9C6
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (February 28, 2017)
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 28, 2017
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• File size ‏ : ‎ 3723 KB
• Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
• Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
• Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
• Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
• #666 in Hospitality, Travel & Tourism (Kindle Store)
• #757 in Sustainable Development Economics
• #926 in Air Travel Reference (Books)

About the author

Megan epler wood.

Megan Epler Wood is an ecotourism pioneer who has reviewed every option for making tourism more sustainable worldwide. She is committed to preserving the earth's most historically important monuments, the beauty of our natural world, and the future of the most vulnerable on our planet.

Customer reviews

• 5 star 4 star 3 star 2 star 1 star 5 star 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% 91%
• 5 star 4 star 3 star 2 star 1 star 4 star 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% 0%
• 5 star 4 star 3 star 2 star 1 star 3 star 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% 0%
• 5 star 4 star 3 star 2 star 1 star 2 star 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% 9%
• 5 star 4 star 3 star 2 star 1 star 1 star 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% 0%

Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.

• Sort reviews by Top reviews Most recent Top reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. please try again later..

Top reviews from other countries

Report an issue.

• Amazon Newsletter
• About Amazon
• Accessibility
• Sustainability
• Press Center
• Investor Relations
• Amazon Devices
• Amazon Science
• Sell on Amazon
• Sell apps on Amazon
• Supply to Amazon
• Protect & Build Your Brand
• Become an Affiliate
• Become a Delivery Driver
• Start a Package Delivery Business
• Advertise Your Products
• Self-Publish with Us
• Become an Amazon Hub Partner
• › See More Ways to Make Money
• Amazon Visa
• Amazon Store Card
• Amazon Secured Card
• Amazon Business Card
• Shop with Points
• Credit Card Marketplace
• Reload Your Balance
• Amazon Currency Converter
• Your Account
• Your Orders
• Shipping Rates & Policies
• Amazon Prime
• Returns & Replacements
• Manage Your Content and Devices
• Recalls and Product Safety Alerts
• Registry & Gift List
• Conditions of Use
• Privacy Notice
• Consumer Health Data Privacy Disclosure
• Your Ads Privacy Choices

Environment, Health, and Education

• © 2023
• Wei-Ta Fang 0 ,
• Arba'at Hassan 1 ,
• Max Horng 2

Graduate Institute of Sustainability Management and Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

Open University Malaysia, Tuaran, Malaysia

Taipei, taiwan.

• Provides a comprehensive overview of answer to the growing concepts in ecotourism about Sustainable Development Goals
• Covers everything from the history, notions, and sound science of ecotourism to the present well-structured operations
• Illustrates and identifies notions and debates on ecotourism from case studies in Sinophone and Taiwanese regions

Part of the book series: Sinophone and Taiwan Studies (STS, volume 7)

1255 Accesses

3 Altmetric

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Subscribe and save.

• Get 10 units per month
• Download Article/Chapter or eBook
• 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
• Cancel anytime
• Available as EPUB and PDF
• Read on any device
• Instant download
• Own it forever
• Durable hardcover edition
• Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
• Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

About this book

This book bridges the gap on the critical issues of ecotourism and direct economic assistance to the conservation of local ecological and human resources. It covers various topics and case studies by ecotourism destination and ecotourism route from Sinophone and Taiwanese perspectives. Each chapter of this book includes comprehensive proposes as an important core value for planning and operating ecotourism. According to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this book highlights our balanced understanding of sustainable tourism from the perspective of human ecology. Ecotourism needs to integrate the perspectives of population biology, bioanthropology, biomedicine, and public health and strengthen the connection between human ecology and disease. It is here to provide a comprehensive guide to all fascinating places for ecotourism courses. We encourage the following persons to read relevant chapters: (1) ecotourism entrepreneurs: business operators such as homestays, hot springs, ecological farms, and travel agencies; (2) ecotourism researchers: scholars and experts, university (specialized) college students, primary and secondary school teachers, and other ecotourism, environmental education, resource conservation, tourism and dining, leisure and recreation, other related fields researchers; and (3) ecotourism practice management and planners.

• Ecotourism and the Conservation
• Environmental Education
• Green Behavior
• Sustainable Tourism
• Pro-Environmental Behavior

Table of contents (11 chapters)

Front matter, orientation, introduction to ecotourism.

• Wei-Ta Fang, Arba’at Hassan, Max Horng

Ecotourism Survey

Ecotourism evaluation, planning and design of ecotourism destination, action the ways, planning of computer-aided designed ecotourism, conservation and restoration of ecotourism destinations, ecotourism planning and management, professional education and interpretation, ecotourism attractions, stakeholders toward sustainability, tourism economy and community development, epilogue: the future ecotourism, back matter, authors and affiliations.

Wei-Ta Fang

Arba'at Hassan

About the authors

Wei-Ta Fang was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on February 14, 1966. He received a B.A. degree in Land Economics and Administration from National Taipei University (Taipei, Taiwan) in 1989. He received his first master's degree in Environmental Planning (MEP) from Arizona State University, the USA, in 1994, and a second master's degree in Landscape Architecture in Design Studies (M.Des.S.) from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, the USA, in 2001. He obtained a Ph.D. from the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, the USA, in 2005. His interest is quite broad, determined to participate in the United Nations’ environmental affairs by strengthening environmental security, and laying the ground based on the foundation of human peace forever to achieve enduring social, economic, and environmental sustainability. He lives in Taipei City with his wife, Chia-Ying Ho, and two sons, Cheng-Jun (June) and Cheng-Shun (Sam).

Arba’at Hassan, Ph.D., was born at Sungai Leman, the “rice-bowl area” in Selangor, on May 16, 1952. He started his teaching science career in high school (1970–1979) and was later appointed as a science education lecturer at a teachers’ training college in Tuaran (1980–1982). He was mentored and guided by Prof. Harold Hungerford and Prof. Tudi Volk, the most well-known professors in environmental education. Upon graduation, he taught environmental education at various universities in Malaysia (1994–2012), and the longest was at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, (2006–2012). At UKM, he participated in international conferences and collaborated with universities, examiners, and evaluator graduates at international levels, besides the university that he served. He trained and coached them in leadership and citizenship for the world. He was awarded the Scout Woodbadge (1979) and then the Excellent Merit Award from the Malaysian Scout’s Chief Commissioner a few months later (1979).

Max Horng was born on offshore Penghu or Pescadores Islands, one of the archipelago, Taiwan, on September 26, 1962. He began studying in Taiwan in 1977. Since 1986, he has been working in banking and finance. After joining the company’s photography club, he became acquainted with Mr. Shang-Hsi Cheng (1937–2011), a master photographer who was an instructor at the time. Under his guidance, he learned the essence of photography “recording,” which was held at the Jazz Gallery in 2003. His first photography exhibition “Clouds” commemorate the late master teacher Cheng in 2016, and the second solo exhibition “Meet Chaoyan” was held at the gallery. Adhering to the concept of “truth, goodness, and beauty,” he continued to care for the relationship between man and nature, man and land. He lives in Taipei with his wife, Chia-Chu.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title : Ecotourism

Book Subtitle : Environment, Health, and Education

Authors : Wei-Ta Fang, Arba'at Hassan, Max Horng

Series Title : Sinophone and Taiwan Studies

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9097-9

Publisher : Springer Singapore

eBook Packages : History , History (R0)

Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

Hardcover ISBN : 978-981-99-9096-2 Published: 06 February 2024

Softcover ISBN : 978-981-99-9099-3 Due: 19 February 2025

eBook ISBN : 978-981-99-9097-9 Published: 05 February 2024

Series ISSN : 2524-8863

Series E-ISSN : 2524-8871

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XXVI, 354

Number of Illustrations : 33 b/w illustrations, 141 illustrations in colour

Topics : Archaeology , Anthropology , Environmental and Sustainability Education , Demography , Tourism Management

• Publish with us

Policies and ethics

• Find a journal
• Track your research

• Partners and Fundings
• events & news
• green hotels
• who’s talking about us

5 Sustainable Tourism Books You Must Read

Sustainable tourism aims to simultaneously serve the needs of tourists and host communities, protecting and expanding opportunities for the future . To promote sustainable tourism is to manage all the resources involved in tourism, in such a way that economic, social and environmental needs can be met without neglecting the maintenance of cultural integrity, essential ecological processes, biological diversity and the systems that guarantee the life. In this light, this article gives you 5 books you absolutely must read in order to understand sustainable tourism.

1. Sustainable Tourism Management, by John Swarbrooke

This book is the product of the concept of sustainable development, and it has attracted international attention because it is a reaction to the problems generated by the practice of “ predatory tourism “, which has caused so much damage to the environmental, historical and cultural heritage of several countries.

2. Consumer Behavior in Tourism: An International Perspective, by Susan Horner and John Swarbrooke

This work is essential for students, tourism professionals and tourists in general and not just for the reflection that the title itself provokes. The authors also make a complete survey of the continents and their attractions as well as the cultural differences between them. For these reasons, this book becomes an essential tool to understand the rapid transformations of this valuable market to update your information and ideal to optimize your infinite opportunities.

3. Sustainable Tourism in Island Destinations, by Sonya Graci and Rachel Dodds

Building on existing literature on the topic, this book offers creative discussions and realistic management frameworks through the use of various island design works outlined by the authors. Most of the world’s islands depend on tourism as their principal source of income. For long-term sustainability it is therefore imperative that such destinations are handled. The natural beauty of a destination is usually one of its key tourism-related properties, but the natural environment is perhaps the resource most directly affected by possible overexploitation.

4. Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism, by Elizabeth Becker

This book explains that excess reservations are a reality of the economy of tourism, and how it impacts various countries. Each chapter is grouped according to a theme and a given country is highlighted as a case study within each theme. The outcome is an easy-to-read book that doesn’t appear to be packed with too much detail.

5. Taking Responsibility for Tourism, by Harold Goodwin

Goodwin’s book is about the vitally significant global need for sustainable tourism. To those who plan to travel, and for those who consume, this is an incredibly significant obstacle. This is the most comprehensive contemporary analysis of the key issues crucial to the advancement of responsible tourism and has been written by one of the leading thinkers responsible for reforms in the sector. It extends the wider definition of travel and tourism obligation and analyzes how it relates to sustainable business and transparency business case.

If, on the one hand, predatory tourism can lead to the depletion of natural resources, as well as cultural de-characterization and social imbalance, sustainable tourism is composed of the same pillars of sustainable development: economic efficiency, social justice and ecological prudence.

In addition, sustainable tourism aims to strengthen tourism activity in the long term, based on environmental and cultural preservation that qualifies the tourist destination , generating permanent social benefits .

It is up to us, as travelers, businessmen, leaders or authorities, to think about how we can promote tourism that contributes to the well-being , quality of life and appreciation of the culture of the communities, environmental balance and preservation and the economic sustainability of both small and big entrepreneurs.

Cover image: Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

You might also like

4 Eco Trends of Tourism

How will be the tourism in the future? According to a recent report, more travelers will choose sustainability. Here are the 4 main eco trends! How will be the tourism in the future? Will we travel on spaceships visiting faraway planets or will we finally take care of the safeguard of our Planet? According to […]

7 giants that earn billions of dollars thanks to the global tourism

As air routes and the use of the internet increase, from the 1900s onwards the tourism sector has experienced a general growth in its business. Nowadays, 7 multinationals are earning billions thanks to global tourism, which includes cruises, hotels, and air routes. This is an actual oligopolistic challenge between parts that are willing to attract […]

Circular Economy and Tourism. The Ecobnb’s Guide

If you don’t know how Circular Economy and Tourism are related, find it out in the Ecobnb’s Guide. What’s about the Circular Economy? The Circular Economy, is an economic system that aims to reduce waste and to regenerate products and services. This innovative economic system is based on the philosophy of ‘Remake, Reuse, Recycle‘, so […]