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Re-conceptualising rural resources as countryside capital: The case of rural tourism
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In this article, the authors focus on the case of rural tourism in illustrating the advantages of adopting a sustainable development approach to identifying suitable policies and strategic action plans to assist in addressing these increasingly complex challenges.About:
This article is published in Journal of Rural Studies.The article was published on 2006-01-01. It has received 418 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rural tourism & Rural economics.read more
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The Competitive Destination: a Sustainable Tourism Perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors combine the concepts of competitiveness and sustainability, which some may feel are difficult to reconcile, to provide guidance to enhance the management of tourism destinations and develop a conceptual framework.
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Residents’ Attitudes toward Existing and Future Tourism Development in Rural Communities
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined residents' attitudes toward existing and future tourism development in several rural areas at different stages of tourism and economic development and found that residents of three distinct rural county-level areas were supportive of tourism development, and little evidence was found that attitudes toward tourism become negative with higher levels of tourism.
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Integrated rural tourism:: Concepts and Practice
Mary Cawley,Desmond A. Gillmor +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a model of integrated rural tourism, which took account of the various resources (cultural, social, environmental, economic), their use, and the role of pertinent stakeholders, was developed to explore effective methods of promoting tourism as part of a rural development strategy.
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The role of individual entrepreneurs in the development of competitiveness for a rural tourism destination – A case study
TL;DR: In this paper, a literature review of the research on destination competitiveness with a focus on the roles of different stakeholders is presented, followed by a narrative about rural tourism development, the competitiveness of rural destinations and the role of entrepreneurs in establishing successful destinations.
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Tourism Development and the Environment: Beyond Sustainability?
TL;DR: Tourism Development and the Environment: Beyond Sustainability? challenges the sustainable tourism development paradigm that has come to dominate both theoretical and practical approaches to tourism development over the last two decades as mentioned in this paper.
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Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment
David Pearce,R. Kerry Turner +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the economics of pollution and optimal depletion rates for natural resources are discussed, and a comprehensive and popular textbook for undergraduate students of environmental economics is presented. The book deals fully with the orthodox theorems of the economics, and also appeals to geographers and environmentalists.
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Blueprint for a green economy
TL;DR: The meaning of sustainable development is defined in this article as "the value of the environment" and "valuing the environment", and it is defined as "a way of thinking about the future rather than the past".
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The Competitive Destination: A Sustainable Tourism Perspective
TL;DR: The Evolving Nature of Competition and Sustainability Conceptual and Theorectical Perspectives Part I: The Competitive Destination Part II: The Sustainable Tourism Destination A Model of Destination Competitiveness The Macroenvironment: Global Forces Shaping World Tourism The Competitive (Micro)Environment: The Destination and the Tourism System Core Resources and Attractors: The Essence of Destination Appeal Supporting Factors and Resources: Elements that Enhance Destination Appeal Destination Policy, Planning and Development Destination Management: The Key to Maintaining a Sustainable Competitive Advantage Qualifying and Amplifying Determinants: Parameters that Define
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Natural Capital and Sustainable Development
Robert Costanza,Herman E. Daly +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a minimum necessary condition for sustainability is the maintenance of the total natural capital stock at or above the current level, to be relaxed only when solid evidence can be offered that it is safe to do so.
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Tourism and Sustainable Development: Exploring the Theoretical Divide
TL;DR: Despite the significant attention paid by tourism academics and practitioners to sustainable tourism development in recent years, there has been a consistent failure within the tourism literature to consider sustainable tourism as mentioned in this paper, which has been identified as one of the most important challenges in tourism development.