Overview
Offers valuable insights into how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can be used to improve the sustainability of tourism operations
Outlines the key advantages and shortcomings of LCA’s application in tourism
Presents a number of real-world business and academic case studies
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 also has significant negative impacts on the environment. To minimise the scope of these negative impacts, joint efforts combining tourism and environmental management are called for.
This book examines the application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method and lifecycle thinking as a tool to generate more accurate and holistic appraisals of the environmental impacts of tourism. Looking at the issue of sustainability of tourism operations, the book evaluates how it can be improved. It highlights the potential of LCA to affect tourist behaviour and contribute to tourism policy-making and managerial practice.
This book provides a valuable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers interested in sustainable tourism, sustainable development and environmental impact assessment.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Analysis in Tourism
Book Subtitle: A Critical Review of Applications and Implications
Authors: Viachaslau Filimonau
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26224-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-26222-2Published: 04 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37243-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-26224-6Published: 23 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 136
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Sustainable Development, Environmental Economics, Renewable and Green Energy
Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment, Engineering, Oil, Gas & Geosciences