09 Nov Sustainability Assessment of Tourism Based on Ecological Footprint Analysis
Try to focus on the following:
What is tourism, what are different forms of tourism, why is tourism a concern from a sustainability point of view?
How do the impacts of tourism relate to some of the key themes from ecological economics?
What is Ecological Footprint analysis and how is it used?
How can EF analysis be used to evaluate tourism? Has this been done before and what was learned?
Based on EF analysis results, what are the key environmental issues of concern for tourism? What are some recommended ways to improve?
What are the limitations of EF analysis for assessing tourism? What are some things we care about in terms of sustainability that EF doesnt cover? What about social and economic issues?
Give some final reflections and recommendations
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