Full Description
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.
'Müller's accessible and timely volume takes a bold step closer to keeping pace with the constantly evolving sub-discipline of tourism geographies, unafraid to challenge earlier foundations and keen to prioritise academic diversity and real-world contexts. The contributors' flair, perspective and passion comes across throughout what is arguably the ideal backdrop for shaping future research agendas in the field.'
- Julie Wilson, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Over recent years, tourism geographies have developed into a vibrant field of research, facing increasing challenges from globalisation and environmental change. This Research Agenda presents a unique and original collection of contributions from both established and up-and-coming scholars in the field.
Encompassing both contemporary issues, and paving the way for future avenues of research, this book explores and develops research on tourism geographies. Chapters address emerging themes and apply new methodologies, allowing for intellectual and practical challenges to be tackled. With fresh global insights, this book expands on the geographic dimension of tourism work and workers, the challenges brought by changing economic atmospheres, spatial dynamics, big data and climate change to provide a thorough understanding of the field.
Ideal for graduate and post-graduate students of geography and tourism studies looking to develop thesis ideas, this Research Agenda highlights the interest and potential of tourism geographers to contribute to a geographical tradition and influence the future content of geography as a discipline.
Contributors: M. Bauder, P. Brouder, R. de Cássia Ariza da Cruz, K. Debbage, M.G. Gren, M. Hall, H.V. Haraldsson, X. Honggang, E.H. Huijbens, Z. Ibrahim, D. Ioannides, D.K. Müller, R. Ólafsdóttir, J. Saarinen, R. Steiger, R. Tremblay, G. Visser, Y. Wu, K. Zampoukos
Contents
Contents:
1. Research agendas for tourism geographies: An introduction
Dieter K. Müller
2. Tourism geographies: A bibliometric review
Dieter K. Müller
3. Tourism/geography/mobilities are dead, long live Tourism/geography/mobilities: Or, returning to yet another turn - the inexorable search for relevant research agendas in tourism geographies
C. Michael Hall
4. Not a serious subject?! Academic relevancy and critical tourism geographies
Jarkko Saarinen
5. For a scientific and critical approach to tourism in geography
Rita de Cássia Ariza da Cruz
6. The contribution of Tourism Geography to the field of Geography overall
Honggang Xu and Yuefang Wu
7. Infusing tourism geographies
Dieter K. Müller
8. Towards a geographical political economy of tourism
Patrick Brouder
9. Geographies of tourism entrepreneurship and innovation: An evolving research agenda
Keith Debbage
10. Exploring the geographic dimensions of tourism work and workers
Dimitri Ioannides and Kristina Zampoukos
11. Towards a framework for lifestyle migration
Zainub Ibrahim and Rémy Tremblay
12. The challenges of tourism and urban economic (re)development in Southern cities
Gustav Visser
13. Tourism geography in and of the anthropocene
Martin G. Gren and Edward H. Huijbens
14. Tourism spatial dynamics and causal relations: A need for holistic understanding
Rannveig Ólafsdóttir and Hörður V. Haraldsson
15. Tourism and climate change
Robert Steiger
16. Engage! A research agenda for Big Data in tourism geography
Michael Bauder
Index
