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Regenerative Tourism - Re-placing the Design of Ecotourism Facilities
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Owen, CM, Regenerative Tourism - Re-placing the Design of Ecotourism Facilities, The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, 3, (2) pp. 175 - 181. ISSN 1832-2077 (2007) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
The term ‘regenerative’ has emerged in recent years to challenge perceived inadequacies inherent in the concept of sustainability predicated on restraint rather than restoration. The application of this ideal to the arena of tourism is both pertinent and problematic. This paper explores some of the challenges of relating these concepts. Specifically, it addresses the design of ecotourism facilities and the regenerative potential of interpretation and the construction of meaning through the built environment. Questions are raised over the uncritical positions in the ecotourism literature leading to a propensity for either ‘background architecture’ or a hyper-real representation of an idealised ‘nature’. The paper proposes a reconsideration of aesthetics and place as productive ground to contribute to the existing debate on regenerative design and argues that this is fundamental to the design of ecotourism facilities.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Regenerative Design, Tourism, Sustainability, Place, Architecture |
Research Division: | Built Environment and Design |
Research Group: | Architecture |
Research Field: | Architecture not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Construction |
Objective Group: | Other construction |
Objective Field: | Other construction not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Owen, CM (Associate Professor Ceridwen Owen) |
ID Code: | 46833 |
Year Published: | 2007 |
Deposited By: | Architecture |
Deposited On: | 2007-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2011-11-29 |
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