Religious Tourism and the Environment (eBook)

KIRAN A SHINDE, Daniel H Olsen (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
208 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78924-162-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the first book to discuss both religious tourism and the environment. Moving beyond the documentation of impacts, it examines intersections between the two areas, such as the environment as a resource or generator of religious tourism. Chapters discuss such important topics as disease, environmental responsibility and host perspectives.

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The remarkable growth in religious tourism across the world has generated considerable interest in the impacts of this type of tourism. Focusing here on environmental issues, this book moves beyond the documentation of environmental impacts to examine in greater depth the intersections between religious tourism and the environment. Beginning with an in-depth introduction that highlights the intersections between religion, tourism, and the environment, the book then focuses on the environment as a resource or generator for religious tourism and as a recipient of the impacts of religious tourism. Chapters included discuss such important areas as theological views, environmental responsibility, and host perspectives.

Covering as many cultural and environmental regions as possible, this book provides:

-An in-depth yet holistic view of the relationships between religious tourism and the environment;
-A conceptual framework that goes beyond listing potential environment impacts;
-A strong focus on explaining the universality of the deeper environmental issues surrounding sacredness and sacred places;
-A discussion of the role of disease and health-related issues at mass religious gatherings.

From a global writing team and featuring case studies spanning Europe and Asia, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students of tourism and religious studies, as well as those studying environmental issues.

Rezensionen

This book is a great jumping off point for postgraduate scholars and students in religious studies, tourism, and sustainability studies as well as those involved in local and national governance, religious organisations, tourism businesses and local communities. The book succeeds in providing an in-depth and holistic view of the relationships between religious tourism and the environment.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.9.2020
• Reihe/Serie: CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series
• Reihe/Serie: CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: crowd hygiene • pilgrimage sites • religion and crowding • Religion and tourism • Religious tourism • Religious tourism and conservation • Religious tourism and environmental discourse • Religious tourism and environmental issues • Religious tourism and the environment • spirituality and tourism • tourism and crowding • tourism and environmental management • Tourism and the spread of diseases • tourism and urbanisation • Tourism governance
• ISBN-10: 1-78924-162-6 / 1789241626
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-162-4 / 9781789241624