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The Development of Sustainable Tourism. By LARS ARONSSON London: Continuum, 2000, 193 pp. £25.00 (pbk). ISBN O 8264 4885 2
What distinguishes this book from others on tourism and sustainable development is its use of a time-geographic perspective. The author's intention is to identify the most unsustainable elements of tourist activities in order to suggest how tourism might be made more sustainable. Time-space analysis is used to assess the environmental impacts resulting from tourists travelling from home to tourist areas. This contrasts with much of the literature on sustainable tourism that focuses largely on impacts in tourist destinations. The book's specific focus means that there are only...