Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Analysis in Tourism A Critical Review of Applications and Implications /

• Main Author: Filimonau, Viachaslau (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Economics.; Renewable and Green Energy.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Tourism, environmental impacts and their assessment: an introduction
• The life cycle thinking approach and the method of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
• Are there alternatives to the method of LCA in tourism environmental impact appraisal?
• Implications of LCA for tourism management, policy-making and research
• Future outlook on the application of LCA in tourism.