Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Analysis in Tourism A Cri
Tourism is an activity that anyone can take part in, regardless of their age, gender, nationality or level of income. This makes tourism one of the most rapidly developing industries in the world. Despite the number of benefits which tourism produces, it
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Analysis in Tourism A Critical Review of Applications and Implications
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Analysis in Tourism
Viachaslau Filimonau
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Analysis in Tourism A Critical Review of Applications and Implications
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Viachaslau Filimonau Faculty of Management Bournemouth University Poole UK
ISBN 978-3-319-26222-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26224-6
ISBN 978-3-319-26224-6
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Preface
Recently, international tourism has demonstrated steady and substantial growth. This has contributed to the significant diversification of its product offer and made it one of the fastest developing economic sectors globally. Further acceleration of international tourism is projected which implies it will be playing an increasingly more important role in global economy in the future. The phenomenon of continued tourism growth can be explained by a broad set of factors, all of which have enabled an increasingly larger number of people worldwide to consider travel with leisure purposes as an indispensable element of their lifestyles. While there are a large number of positive effects associated with global tourism development, there is also a dark side to the story. This is because travel with leisure purposes imposes significant pressures on the environment. The negative outcome of the industry has been recognised and the research stream aiming to reveal the nature and to quantify the magnitude of environmental impacts from tourism products and services is growing. The negative environmental effects should be minimised to facilitate progress of the industry toward
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