Political Consumerism for Sustainable Tourism

2018 ◽  
pp. 348-366
Author(s):  
Machiel Lamers ◽  
Jeroen Nawijn ◽  
Eke Eijgelaar
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Political Consumerism ◽  
Global Environmental

Over the last decades a substantial and growing societal and academic interest has emerged for the development of sustainable tourism. Scholars have highlighted the contribution of tourism to global environmental change and to local, detrimental social and environmental effects as well as to ways in which tourism contributes to nature conservation. Nevertheless the role of tourist consumers in driving sustainable tourism has remained unconvincing and inconsistent. This chapter reviews the constraints and opportunities of political consumerism for sustainable tourism. The discussion covers stronger pockets and a key weak pocket of political consumerism for sustainable tourism and also highlights inconsistencies in sustainable tourism consumption by drawing on a range of social theory arguments and possible solutions. The chapter concludes with an agenda for future research on this topic.

Wilderness and its place in nature conservation in Australia

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 182 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. G. Mackey ◽  
R. G. Lesslie ◽  
D. B. Lindenmayer ◽  
H. A. Nix
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Conservation Science ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Conservation Of Biodiversity

Most of the concepts considered under the broad umbrella of nature conservation have changed considerably during the last century. This is the result of an evolving process driven primarily by the rapid and sustained transformation of natural systems due to agricultural and industrial development, growth in public awareness and appreciation of the value of natural systems, and developments and shifting priorities in conservation science. Prevailing views and accepted principles are necessarily challenged as a part of this process. At present, both in Australia and internationally, the concept of wilderness is under challenge. In particular, its relevance and role in nature conservation is being questioned in the light of present priorities such as the conservation of biodiversity and concerns over global environmental change. This is taking place against a background of changing understandings as to the relationship between indigenous societies and the environment.

Embodied interdisciplinarity: what is the role of polymaths in environmental research?

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIETTE C. YOUNG ◽  
MARIELLA MARZANO
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches

SUMMARYInterdisciplinarity can be interpreted broadly as an active, multi-faceted learning process between researchers from different disciplines to create a common ground for a special purpose. Interdisciplinary approaches are regarded as necessary in environmental research, especially in view of global environmental change. However, some argue there is a lack of genuine interdisciplinarity in environmental research. Polymaths can play a potentially important role in environmental research. Environmental polymaths can enhance the effectiveness of interdisciplinarity through their knowledge and understanding of different disciplinary languages, epistemologies and methodologies, and as such, should be acknowledged more explicitly in interdisciplinary discussions.

scholarly journals The Role of the Ecological Worldview Position in Coping with Problems Caused by Global Environmental Change

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Ecological Worldview

The purpose of the study, conducted on the sample of 293 persons, was to identify the role of the ecological worldview position in choosing the ways of coping with problems caused by global environmental change. The ecological worldview position is determined by what exactly is perceived and considered by the person as the basics of his life support: the biosphere/ecological systems or the financial and economic system, represented through commodity and money relations. Using structural equation modeling methods, the influence of the ecological position on the choice of coping strategies as responses to environmental stress was confirmed, as well as its involvement in the regulation of pro-ecological everyday behavior. It was revealed that the ecological worldview position influences the choice of both problem-oriented and emotionally-oriented strategies that allow coping with stressful environmental conditions. The way in which the ecological position influences coping strategies depends on what meanings are decisive in the perception of ecological reality. The dominance of biocentric views promotes the pro-environmental orientation of behavior, while the predominance of monetary and economic meanings enhances non-problem coping. At the same time, the positive influence of the ecological position on problem-focused coping is largely carried out indirectly through the inhibition of deproblematization-focused coping – emotionally oriented coping strategies such as reducing problems and the denial of guilt. The decisive influence of the ecological position on pro-ecological everyday behavior is carried out indirectly – through the strategy of problem solving (positive influence), as well as the strategy of de-emphasizing the threat (negative influence). The direct influence of the ecological position on behavior, as well as an influence exerted indirectly through the denial of guilt is very weak. The negative impact of deproblematization-focused coping on everyday behavior is mediated by the suppression of problem coping.

Vulnerability modelling with functional programming and dependent types

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
CEZAR IONESCU
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Functional Programming ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Dependent Types ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Computing Science ◽  
Interdisciplinary Effort

We present an interdisciplinary effort in the field of global environmental change, related to the understanding of the concept of ‘vulnerability’. We have used functional programming to capture the generic aspects of the myriad of definitions of vulnerability, and have used the resulting formalization to learn something new about vulnerability and to write some better software for vulnerability assessment. In the process, we have also found out something about formalization in general, about the advantages and disadvantages of dependent types, and about the role of computing science in the larger intellectual landscape.

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