Includes index.

Contents:The geography of sustainable tourism development: an introduction -- Historical antecedents of sustainable development and ecotourism: a new labels on old bottles -- Sustainable tourism-looking backwards in order to progress -- Tourism and sustainable development: the global-local nexus -- Tourism and the environment: sustainability and economic restructuring -- Land and culture: sustainble tourism and indigenous peoples -- Tools for sustainability analysis in planning and managing tourism and recreation in the destination -- The Asia-pacific ecotourism industry: putting sustainable tourism into practice -- Ecotourism: vaible route to rural development -- Curry county sustainable nature-based tourism project -- Public transport and sustainable tourism: the case of the devon and cornwall rail of Quebec -- Market segmentaton and ecotourism development on the lower North shore of Quebec -- Development in Nepal: the Annapura conservation are project -- Sustainable urban tourist development and planning in New Zealand: local government responses -- Sustainable urban tourist attractions: the case of fort Edmonton park -- The geography of sustainable tourism: lessons and prospects -- References -- Index.