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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. 'Muller's accessible
and timely volume takes a bold step closer to keeping pace with the
constantly evolving sub-discipline of tourism geographies, unafraid
to challenge earlier foundations and keen to prioritise academic
diversity and real-world contexts. The contributors' flair,
perspective and passion comes across throughout what is arguably
the ideal backdrop for shaping future research agendas in the
field.' - Julie Wilson, Open University of Catalonia, Spain Over
recent years, tourism geographies have developed into a vibrant
field of research, facing increasing challenges from globalisation
and environmental change. This Research Agenda presents a unique
and original collection of contributions from both established and
up-and-coming scholars in the field. Encompassing both contemporary
issues, and paving the way for future avenues of research, this
book explores and develops research on tourism geographies.
Chapters address emerging themes and apply new methodologies,
allowing for intellectual and practical challenges to be tackled.
With fresh global insights, this book expands on the geographic
dimension of tourism work and workers, the challenges brought by
changing economic atmospheres, spatial dynamics, big data and
climate change to provide a thorough understanding of the field.
Ideal for graduate and post-graduate students of geography and
tourism studies looking to develop thesis ideas, this Research
Agenda highlights the interest and potential of tourism geographers
to contribute to a geographical tradition and influence the future
content of geography as a discipline. Contributors: M. Bauder, P.
Brouder, R. de Cassia Ariza da Cruz, K. Debbage, M.G. Gren, M.
Hall, H.V. Haraldsson, X. Honggang, E.H. Huijbens, Z. Ibrahim, D.
Ioannides, D.K. Muller, R. Olafsdottir, J. Saarinen, R. Steiger, R.
Tremblay, G. Visser, Y. Wu, K. Zampoukos
Second homes - the cottage, the summer house, the bach - are an
important part of the tourism and leisure lifestyles of many people
in the developed world. Second homes are therefore an integral
component of tourism experiences in rural and peripheral areas.
Yet, despite their significance not only for tourism but also for
rural communities and the rural economy, relatively little research
has been undertaken on the topic until recent times. This volume
represents the first major international analysis and review of
second homes for over 25 years. It will provide a significant
resource for those interested in changing patterns of tourism and
leisure behaviour as well as the use of the countryside and
peripheral areas. The book describes the economic, social and
environmental impacts of second homes as well as their planning
implications and places such discussions within the context of
contemporary human mobility. The volume represents essential
reading for those interested in rural regional development
processes and the development of new rural leisure landscapes.
The revised and updated third edition of The Making of Urban
America includes seven new articles and a richly detailed
historiographical essay that discusses the vast urban history
literature added to the canon since the publication of the second
edition. The authors' extensively revised introductions and the
fifteen reprinted articles trace urban development from the
preindustrial city to the twentieth-century city. With emphasis on
the social, economic, political, commercial, and cultural aspects
of urban history, these essays illustrate the growth and change
that created modern-day urban life. Dynamic topics such as
technology, immigration and ethnicity, suburbanization, sunbelt
cities, urban political history, and planning and housing are
examined. The Making of Urban America is the only reader available
that covers all of U.S. urban history and that also includes the
most recent interpretive scholarship on the subject.
This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first
edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition.
With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and
Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical
overview of the formation and growth of North American regions from
European exploration and colonization to the second half of the
twentieth century. Collectively the contributors explore the key
themes of acquisition of geographical knowledge, cultural transfer
and acculturation, frontier expansion, spatial organization of
society, resource exploitation, regional and national integration,
and landscape change. With six new chapters, redrawn maps, a new
introduction that explores scholarly trends in historical geography
since publication of the first edition, and a new final chapter
guiding students to the basic sources for historical geographic
enquiry, North America will be an indispensable text in historical
geography courses.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. 'Muller's accessible
and timely volume takes a bold step closer to keeping pace with the
constantly evolving sub-discipline of tourism geographies, unafraid
to challenge earlier foundations and keen to prioritise academic
diversity and real-world contexts. The contributors' flair,
perspective and passion comes across throughout what is arguably
the ideal backdrop for shaping future research agendas in the
field.' - Julie Wilson, Open University of Catalonia, Spain Over
recent years, tourism geographies have developed into a vibrant
field of research, facing increasing challenges from globalisation
and environmental change. This Research Agenda presents a unique
and original collection of contributions from both established and
up-and-coming scholars in the field. Encompassing both contemporary
issues, and paving the way for future avenues of research, this
book explores and develops research on tourism geographies.
Chapters address emerging themes and apply new methodologies,
allowing for intellectual and practical challenges to be tackled.
With fresh global insights, this book expands on the geographic
dimension of tourism work and workers, the challenges brought by
changing economic atmospheres, spatial dynamics, big data and
climate change to provide a thorough understanding of the field.
Ideal for graduate and post-graduate students of geography and
tourism studies looking to develop thesis ideas, this Research
Agenda highlights the interest and potential of tourism geographers
to contribute to a geographical tradition and influence the future
content of geography as a discipline. Contributors: M. Bauder, P.
Brouder, R. de Cassia Ariza da Cruz, K. Debbage, M.G. Gren, M.
Hall, H.V. Haraldsson, X. Honggang, E.H. Huijbens, Z. Ibrahim, D.
Ioannides, D.K. Muller, R. Olafsdottir, J. Saarinen, R. Steiger, R.
Tremblay, G. Visser, Y. Wu, K. Zampoukos
This is the first book to exclusively address tourism and
indigenous peoples in the circumpolar North. It examines how
tourism in indigenous communities is influenced by academic and
political discourses, and how these communities are influenced by
tourism. The volume focuses on the ambivalence relating to tourism
as a modern force within ethnic groups who are concerned with
maintaining indigenous roots and traditional practices. It seeks to
challenge stereotypical understandings of indigenousness and
indigeneity and considers conflicting imaginaries of the Arctic and
Arctic indigenous tourism. The book contains case studies from
Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia and will be
of interest to postgraduate students and researchers of tourism,
geography, sociology, cultural studies and anthropology.
Tourism is a major industry in the Nordic countries (Denmark,
Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) as well as a growing field of
academic study. For many cities and regions tourism is also
increasingly recognised as being integral to economic, social and
sustainable development. In addition, tourism also contributes to
Nordic identity through destination promotion and tourism
activities, including winter tourism and the tradition of access to
common land, as well as specific forms of tourism, such as second
homes. Nordic Tourism is the first comprehensive and accessible
introduction to tourism in the region that links Nordic tourism
research and concerns with key concepts in tourism studies. The
book consists of eleven chapters dealing with issues ranging from,
for example, marketing and policy to nature-based tourism, culture
and the contribution of tourism to environmental change. The
inclusion of case studies from leading Nordic researchers on
specific destinations, attractions, resources, sectors and
developments also provides a valuable learning tool for all
students of tourism.
Second homes - the cottage, the summer house, the bach - are an
important part of the tourism and leisure lifestyles of many people
in the developed world. Second homes are therefore an integral
component of tourism experiences in rural and peripheral areas.
Yet, despite their significance not only for tourism but also for
rural communities and the rural economy, relatively little research
has been undertaken on the topic until recent times. This volume
represents the first major international analysis and review of
second homes for over 25 years. It will provide a significant
resource for those interested in changing patterns of tourism and
leisure behaviour as well as the use of the countryside and
peripheral areas. The book describes the economic, social and
environmental impacts of second homes as well as their planning
implications and places such discussions within the context of
contemporary human mobility. The volume represents essential
reading for those interested in rural regional development
processes and the development of new rural leisure landscapes.
New Issues in Polar Tourism traces and analyzes a decade of growing
interest in the polar regions, and the consequent challenges and
opportunities of increasing tourist traffic in formerly remote and
seldom-visited places. The book arises from the recently-formed
International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN), and documents
the outcomes of its 2010 conference, held at Sweden's Abisko
Scientific Research Station.
"New Issues in Polar Tourism" traces and analyzes a decade of
growing interest in the polar regions, and the consequent
challenges and opportunities of increasing tourist traffic in
formerly remote and seldom-visited places. The book arises from the
recently-formed International Polar Tourism Research
Network(IPTRN), and documents the outcomes of its 2010 conference,
held at Sweden s Abisko Scientific Research Station."
The new field of applied genetic research, genetic toxicology and
mutation research investigates the muta- genicity and
cancerogenicity of chemicals and other agents. Permanent changes in
genes and chromosomes, or genome mutations, can be induced by a
plethora of agents, including ionizing and nonionizing radiations,
chemicals, and viruses. Mutagenesis research has two aims: (1) to
understand the molecular mechanisms leading to mutations, and (2)
to prevent a thoughtless introduction of mutagenic agents into our
environment. Both aspects, namely, basic and applied, will be
treated in the new series Advances in Mutagenesis Research.
The book describes what these models are, what they are based
on, how they function, and then, most innovatively, how they can be
used to generate new useful knowledge about the environmental
system.
Discusses this generation of knowledge by computer models from
an epistemological perspective and illustrates it by numerous
examples from applied and fundamental research.
Includes ample technical appendices and is a valuable source of
information for graduate students and scientists alike working in
the field of environmental sciences.
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