Sustainable Tourism and Use of Natural Resources—Contemporary Practices and Management Challenges
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
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Special Issue Editors
2. Institute of Sports, Tourism and Service, South Ural State University, 454080 Chelyabinsk, Russia
Interests: social geography; sustainable tourism; ecotourism; tourism management; community benefit; society and environment; water tourism; protected areas
Interests: physical geography; hydrology; surface water; water quality assessment; water resources management; natural hazards
Interests: heritage; local regional and national tourism development
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tourism, as a global reality, is highly dependent on the physical environment and a wide range of natural resources, including landscapes, water, soil, climate, wildlife, etc. It is generally believed that tourism presents a double-edged sword for the use and conservation of natural resources. Because it connects people with nature, it has a unique ability to spur environmental responsibility. If managed in a sustainable way it can also contribute to the conservation of natural resources and provide a social benefit for communities by improving living conditions. Therefore, natural heritage becomes an element capable of generating socioeconomic benefits of great relevance for the development of societies through its tourist use. On the other hand, if tourism is not sustainable (i.e., if it does not rely on the sustainable consumption and use of resources), it can have the opposite effect and devastate the environment it relies on. Considering this, any clarification of the positive/negative effects is helpful and leads to a better and more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between tourism and natural resources, and also provides valuable guidance in natural resource management.
This Special Issue focuses on the various ways in which tourism and natural resources relate. It will present analyses of the possibilities and challenges for the successful use of these resources in tourism, based on the principles of sustainable development. We invite authors, scientists, and professionals involved in the theoretical, methodological and practical studies of tourism and natural resources management to contribute articles that will stimulate the understanding and academic promotion of this topic. The multidisciplinary and integrative character will be one of the most appreciated attributes of this proposal, given that this topic usually requires the involvement of experts from several branches of science (tourism experts, geographers, biologists, planners, economists, etc.). The Special Issue is characterized by a wide scope, so all research presenting conceptualization or empirical work from various areas of knowledge on the use of any kind of natural resources (geological/geomorphological features, water resources, climate, biodiversity, soil, etc.) by tourism is welcome. All issues related to the socioeconomic and environmental aspects of the use of natural resources in tourism, as well as to the various obstacles, challenges and negative effects of their use, are also welcome in this Special Issue. We encourage the submission of original research articles offering interesting empirical insights and innovational theoretical contributions, as well as review articles.
The following list provides some examples of topics of interest, but is not limited to:
- Contemporary trends in tourism based on physical environment;
- Practices in the use of natural resources for sustainable tourism—case studies worldwide;
- Protected areas and conservation of natural resources as a consequence of their use through tourist activity;
- Regional development and community benefits through the use of natural resources for sustainable tourism;
- Legal, institutional and planning regulations contributing to the sustainable use of natural resources in tourism;
- Overconsumption and deterioration of natural resources as a consequence of tourism;
- Crucial problems of sustainable use of natural resources in tourism in the world and proposals for relevant solutions;
- Climate change and Nature-based tourism;
- Water resources and Nature-based tourism.
Dr. Jovana Brankov
Dr. Ana Milanović Pešić
Dr. Claudete Oliveira Moreira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable tourism
- natural resources
- nature-based tourism
- ecotourism
- tourism in protected areas
- sustainable planning, management and development
- protection and conservation
- regional development
- community benefits
- natural resources degradation
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