Why is responsible tourism development still rather an
exception than the rule?
Fragmentation and vulnerability of many tourism businesses (SMTE)
Lack of:
Vision
Understanding and appreciation of available assets
Leadership and skilled management
Political support, will and initiative
Awareness & empowerment at the necessary levels (especially at community level)
Financing
Information (at all levels)
Awareness and implementation of available tools (incentives/programs/technologies
etc)
Ability to deal with complex (indicator-based) feedback (when available) towards TBL
Expertise and incentive to translate local/regional development plans and strategies,
land-use plans, coastal zone management programs, etc. into appropriate TBL-based
tourism products and businesses
Institutional, legal, economic, social and environmental frameworks
Voluntary initiatives/agreements
Skilled workforce
Prevalence of: Short-term thinking, greed, corruption
Can technologies help?
TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
From: http://www.cariboo.bc.ca/news/past01nov26/storiesnov26/dynasty.html, http://www.transport2000.org.uk/news/maintainNewsArticles.asp?NewsArticleID=291,
www.whoosh.care4free.net/, www.lightrailnow.org/facts/fa_monorail002.htm, http://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/newsanddoc/article_2383_en.htm, as accessed
070619
Innovative transport alternatives
Renewable Transportation Fuels
www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/projects/cooking/
From: http://www.iee.org/OnComms/Sector/Computing/Article_Display.cfm?ObjectID=77273205-F19D-
455E-8902277BC42558DA, http://renaissanceresearch.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html,
www.solarsailor.com/media_aquatankers_070117.htm, as accessed 070619
Zeppelin-type cargo lifter
Solar powered yacht
Hybrid electric (solar/wind)
powered tanker
Innovative transport alternatives
BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our
dwellings shape our lives.
Winston Churchill
Approximately 50 % of the energy use in buildings is devoted to
producing an artificial indoor climate through heating, cooling,
ventilation, and lighting.
A typical building’s energy bill constitutes approximately 25 % of
the building’s total operating costs. Estimates indicate that
climate-sensitive design using available technologies could cut
heating and cooling energy consumption by 60 % and lighting
energy requirements by at least 50 % in U.S. buildings.
From:SUSTAINABLE BUILDING TECHNICAL MANUAL
Green Building Design, Construction, and Operations
Public Technology Inc. & US Green Building Council,
1996(Sponsored by US DOE & US EPA)
Energy consumption in buildings
Smart Building Design
We have the knowledge and cost-efficient
technologies to design, construct and operate
buildings that are energy-neutral or that
produce more energy than they consume.
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