Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Editors: Bill Bramwell (Sheffield Hallam University) and Bernard Lane (Visiting Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University)
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Volume: 9 Number: 5 Page: 361–371
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Sustainability and Public Access to Nature: Contesting the Right to Roam
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Daniel R. Williams
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This paper discusses the importance of cultural and institutional differences in rights of access to nature for sustainable tourism management. Drawing on the insights from the papers contained in this
issue of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, this introduction highlights two overarching themes. The first is the ambiguous/problematic role of science in establishing sustainable capacities for
tourism's settings. Not only does this science rely on problematic assumptions of stable ecosystems, the idea of a science of sustainability presumes cultural and institutional capacities to regulate use
and access to the commons through political/administrative power that are not uniform in international comparison. The papers illustrate the limits and alternatives to regulatory strategies for achieving
sustainability. Second, recognising the dominance of cultural and institutional factors in sustainable tourism management, the papers illustrate how global forces are changing the way public access to nature
is conceived and ultimately managed.
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