Disaster Prevention in Tourism – Perspectives on Climate Justice

ECOT is proud to announce the release of a new book, published in cooperation with EED Tourism Watch: ‘Disaster Prevention in Tourism – Perspectives on Climate Justice’, edited by Caesar D’Mello, Jonathan McKeown and Sabine Minninger. 

The catalyst for this book was the tsunami of 26 December 2004, when more than 200,000 lost their lives as the massive waves damaged and even wiped out shore-based communities.

With the support of EED (Church Development Service), Germany, a fact finding initiative in the aftermath of the disaster was implemented by ECOT. It discovered that the rebuilding of tourism facilities was being undertaken as a priority so that tourist activity could commence without delay but at the expense of the local coastal communities. With its partners in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, ECOT planned a response to the situation, focusing on disaster preparedness and prevention management (DPPM programme), and advocacy on the impact of tourism. 

This book is one of the outcomes of the DPPM programme, it seeks to raise awareness about the existing issues related to tourism and disaster, and by extension to climate change and climate justice, such as the need for effective methods of child protection in tourism, for mechanisms of social security, labour standards, land rights and fair and just resource management related to tourism activities.

In the end only sustainable tourism based on democratic and participative principles considering social, environmental and economic standards will be able to meet the challenge of climate change. Respecting these standards is the basis for disaster prevention in tourism. This book enables authors from all over the world with different approaches and perspectives to broaden the debate around disaster prevention in tourism. Although their arguments vary, they clearly underline the need for sustainable tourism.

It is our hope that this book will be of serious interest to relevant people in government and the tourism sector, to personnel in aid and development agencies, to planners in other relevant spheres, and to the informed reader concerned about the impact of climate change.

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Hard copies: euros €10 + postage / US$ 15 + postage 

PDF file: euros €10 / US$ 15 

Subsidised pricing available for bulk orders and other situations: 

please contact ECOT office. 

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