304237 (v.3) Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development 500

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Area:	Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Seminar:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Identification of the economic, environmental and social impacts of tourist development within the context of sustainable tourism activity. Tourism plans and policies are analysed and used to define relationships between planning and development, government and industry and enterprise and intervention.
Unit Outcomes:	To understand the role of national, state and local government in tourism development and the role of tourism plans and policies. To appreciate the scope and nature of planning frameworks for tourism development. To develope an understanding of environmental, cultural and economic impacts as they relate to tourism opportunities. To appreciate the divide between public and private responsibility within the tourism development industry.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Craik, J. (1991). Resorting to Tourism: Cultural Policies for Tourism Development in Australia, Sydney, Allen and Unwin. Gunn C.A. (1994). Tourism Planning: Basics, Concepts and Cases, Washington, Taylor and Francis. Hall, C. (1995). Introduction to Tourism in Australia: Impacts, Planning and Development, revised ed, Melbourne, Addison Wesley Longman. Hall, C. and Jenkins, J. (1995). Tourism and Public Policy, London, Routledge. Hall, C. (2000). Tourism Planning: Policies, Processes and Relationships, Harlow, Prentice Hall. Lanfant, M., Allcock, J. Bruner, E. (eds) (1995). International Tourism: Identity and Change, London, Sage. MacCannel, D. (1999). The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class, revised ed, Berkeley, University of California Press. Mathieson, A. and Wall, G. (1992). Tourism: Economic, Physical and Social Impacts, Harlow, Longman. Shaw, G. and Williams, A. (1994). Critical Issues in Tourism: A Geographical Perspective, Oxford, Blackwell. Theobold, W. (1994). Global Tourism: The Next Decade, Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann. Urry J. (1990). The Tourist Gaze: Leisure and Travel in Contemporary Society, London, Sage.
Unit Texts:	No prescribed texts.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Project Report 60%. Seminar Contribution 10%. Seminar Paper 30%. This is by grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y