http://books.emeraldinsight.com/rss.asp Emerald Bookstore - Subject Browse en Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080446783 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080446783 Much of land use and transportation planning aims to reduce traffic congestion. Comprehensive and policy relevant measures useful to land-use and transportation planning need to capture both land use and travel dimensions. This book focuses on the science and policy around the multi-modal concept of accessibility. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080425849 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080425849 Societal trends have made the need for better travel demand forecasts more urgent, at the same time as making people's travel and activity patterns far more complex. This work is organised into four sections: modelling developments; theories and empirical analyses; data needs and data representation; and policy analysis. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762312573 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762312573 Seeks to increase understanding and description of human behavior, conscious and unconscious meaning, and implicit/explicit decision processes applied to living and making major and everyday choices from where to live, how culture affects thinking and actions; marriage, children; work choices and behavior; leisure pursuits; and, travel behavior. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762314515 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762314515 Presents answers to the following questions: how do tourists go about seeking high novelty and yet return to the same destination? How do some firms in the same industry end up embracing industrial tourism while other firms reject such business models? How do executive leadership styles affect employee satisfaction in international tourist hotels? Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762311583 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762311583 Features insights from a host of scientific studies in the domains of hospitality, leisure, and tourism. This work aims to transcend the innovative methods of inquiry so as to inspire fresh research topics that are vital and have been in large neglected. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762312849 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762312849 Features insights of a host of scientific studies pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism, while providing a forum to stimulate discussions on contemporary issues and trends essential to theory advancement, as well as professional practices from a global perspective. This work focuses on divulging the innovative methods of inquiry. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762314454 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762314454 Delivers insights of scientific studies pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism, providing a forum to stimulate discussions on contemporary issues and trends essential to theory advancement as well as professional practices from a global perspective. This title intends to divulge the methods of inquiry so as to inspire research topics. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762314898 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780762314898 Delivers insights from scientific studies in the domains of hospitality, leisure, and tourism. This title provides a platform to galvanize thoughts on contemporary issues and trends essential to theory advancement, as well as professional practices from a global perspective. It transcends the methods of inquiry so as to inspire research topics. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781848556744 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781848556744 Intends to deliver insights from a host of scientific investigations pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism while rendering an academic forum to stimulate discussion on literature, contemporary issues and emerging trends essential to theory advancement as well as professional practices from a global perspective. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781849507189 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781849507189 Delivers refreshing insights from a host of scientific investigations pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism while rendering an academic forum to stimulate discussion on literature, contemporary issues and various trends essential to theory advancement as well as professional practices from a global perspective. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857247698 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857247698 Delivers refreshing insights from a host of scientific investigations pertaining to hospitality, leisure, and tourism while rendering an academic forum to stimulate discussion on literature, contemporary issues and fresh trends essential to theory advancement as well as professional practices from a global perspective. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080423982 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080423982 Gives an overview and critical assessment of the developing field of tourism study in anthropology. This book reviews basic research from 3 theoretical perspectives which are tourist as a form of development or acculturation, as a personal transition, and as a kind of social super structure. It also examines the applied side of this field. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080442440 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080442440 Contains articles on the sociology of tourism. This volume covers the opening of the field of tourism for social science research, up to the recent work on the ongoing process of change in contemporary tourism. It features interfaces between tourism and other domains - such as religion, crime and language and includes several case studies. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857246837 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857246837 This book strives to understand the social and cultural dynamics in Mediterranean tourist destinations through ethnographic examples from Greece, Spain, Egypt, France, Malta and Crete. It observes and examines the social, cultural and relational processes involved as migrants, tourists and new residents converge with locals in daily life. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781849507400 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781849507400 Presents the personal histories of some of the world's leading tourism geographers, many of whom pioneered the field. This book includes stories that reveal the diverse personalities, passions, and peculiarities behind the authors' choice of tourism as a specialization. It is also of interest to scholars outside the field of tourism geography. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857246813 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857246813 Presents the personal histories of some of the world's leading tourism economists, many of whom pioneered the field. This book offers a collection of personal experiences and is a literary celebration of the global community of economic scholars working in tourism. It provides a culturally and geographically diverse set of autobiographies. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080439464 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080439464 Aiming to explore theoretical advances in tourism studies, this book explores the relationship between tourism, sustainable development and empowerment. The theoretical framework is explored across three levels through five case studies drawn from the South Pacific. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080467368 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080467368 Intends to contribute to the formation, embodiment, and advancement of knowledge in the field of tourism. This series includes application of theoretical, methodological, and substantive contributions from such fields as anthropology, business administration, ecology, economics, geography, history, hospitality, leisure, and planning. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080437156 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080437156 Tourism and development are frequently mentioned together, yet the contribution of tourism to development in the Third World is controversial. This book provides an in depth study of Mexico's experience with the international tourism industry since the 1960s. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080466187 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080466187 To imagine a nation, nationalists must construct a national story about their history and culture that defines them as a people, and counters the negative story circulated by their enemies. This book examines the role of tourism in the construction of national identity. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT