Tourism and water use : Supply, demand, and security. An international review
- Authors: Gossling, Stephan , Peeters, Paul , Hall, C. Michael , Ceron, Jean-Paul , Dubois, Ghislain , Lehmann, La Vergne , Scott, Daniel
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Tourism Management Vol. 33, no. 1 (2012), p. 1-15
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- Description: This article reviews direct freshwater consumption in tourism from both quantitative and qualitative viewpoints to assess the current water demand of the tourism sector and to identify current and future management challenges. The article concludes that even though tourism increases global water consumption, direct tourism-related water use is considerably less than 1% of global consumption, and will not become significant even if the sector continues to grow at anticipated rates of around 4% per year (international tourist arrivals). The situation differs at the regional level because tourism concentrates traveller flows in time and space, and often-in dry destinations where water resources are limited. Furthermore, the understanding of tourism's indirect water requirements, including the production of food, building materials and energy, remains inadequately understood, but is likely to be more substantial than direct water use. The article concludes that with expected changes in global precipitation patterns due to climate change, it is advisable in particular for already water scarce destinations to engage in proactive water management. Recommendations for managing tourism's water footprint are made. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
A reasoning framework for decision making in water allocation: a tree for water
- Authors: Graymore, Michelle , Mays, Heather , Stranieri, Andrew , Lehmann, La Vergne , McRae-Williams, Pamela , Thoms, Gavin , Yearwood, John
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at International Conference on Integrated Water Management 2011
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Water allocation argument tree (WAAT): A tool for facilitating public participation in water allocation decisions
- Authors: Graymore, Michelle , Stranieri, Andrew , McRae-Williams, Pamela , Mays, Heather , Lehmann, La Vergne , Thoms, Gavin , Yearwood, John
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Book
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Pipes, Ponds and people: Adaptive water management in drylands
- Authors: Graymore, Michelle , McRae-Williams, Pamela , Barton, Andrew , Lehmann, La Vergne
- Date: 2012
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- Description: Water is a scarce resource around the world, but particularly in dryland regions of Australia where droughts and the impact of climate change have dramatically reduced water availability. For communities living in dryland areas, and for global food security, this is a critical issue. This book contains case studies of innovative applied research for adaptive water management in the dryland regions of Australia. Each of these studies tells a story of an approach to adaptive water management that not only provides solutions to the water scarcity challenges in dryland areas, but also helps sustainability of regional communities around this issue.
Valuing water in dry land tourism regions
- Authors: Lehmann, La Vergne
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 115, no. (2008), p. 207-220
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- Description: Water, particularly fresh water, is one of the most critical and scarce natural resources. It is well documented that the tourism industry over-uses water resources by at least a factor of two over permanent residents. In some regions of the world, where tourism is a major industry, this can result in water shortages and degradation of water supplies, as well as increased production of waste water. Water scarcity in some areas has also led to increased interest in water recycling, desalination, improved water storage capabilities and water conservation measures in order to provide greater water security into the future. This paper aims to review and analyse the current literature concerning water management initiatives in the tourism sector and the contrast between water demand and supply for sustainable tourism. The diverse nature of tourism activities makes the analysis of water uses and impacts quite different to other sectors such as agriculture or manufacturing. In effect tourism is defined on the basis of consumption rather than production and there are many ways of consuming water in tourism. The aim of this paper is to identify issues associated with water use and tourism in semi-arid or dryland environments and to inform a wider research project that aims to map the uses of water in tourism, to establish a water valuation method that considers the consumptive nature of tourism and to develop a model to guide tourism policy to achieve sustainable water use for tourism enterprises and communities.
The promise of water! A case study on sustainable water practices in tourism accommodation enterprises in a dry land region
- Authors: Lehmann, La Vergne
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at Global Sustainable Tourism p. 433-449
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Sustainable water management in tourism accommodation
- Authors: Lehmann, La Vergne , Clark, Ian
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: The 5th World Conference for Graduate Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure
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Is water an indulgence? What marketing messages say about water use in tourism accommodation in a dryland region
- Authors: Lehmann, La Vergne
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism, Sustainable Tourism 2010 WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 139, p. 195-204
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- Description: Developing an approach to sustainable use of freshwater in the tourism industry has become increasingly critical, particularly in dryland regions. To date there has been little research into the messages regarding water management that operators of tourism accommodation enterprises in dryland regions present to potential visitors through the marketing of their business. While there is no question that marketing for tourism accommodation is designed to increase the level of occupancy and hence the profitability of each enterprise, there are a range of messages included in the promotion that are designed to have an impact on the decision making process of the potential visitor. Messages regarding freshwater use in that accommodation enterprise may reflect the attitude of that operator to sustainable freshwater management. It may also be a reflection of the type of market sector that the accommodation operator is trying to appeal to in their promotion. After more than ten years of drought, the Grampians and Wimmera Mallee regions make an ideal location for a case study on sustainable freshwater management in the tourism accommodation sector. Over that time there has been limited research to assess the impact of an increasingly water constrained environment on the tourism accommodation sector or on how these enterprises have managed changes to their freshwater resources. The results of a content analysis of promotional media, such as brochures, visitor guides and websites, including text, pictures and logos, are presented in this paper. © 2010 WIT Press
Tourism and fresh water, an essential blend
- Authors: Lehmann, La Vergne
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: CAUTHE 2011 National Conference University of South Australia 8-11th February, 2011 p. 214-234
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- Description: It has been recognised around the world that there is an increasing need to improve the management practices for fresh water use in tourism accommodation developments. Water issues have become even more critical when considering the number of regions that are now impacted by increasingly dry conditions. Evidence presented at the Climate Change and Tourism Conference held at Djerba, Tunisia in 2003, brought to the attention of researchers the complexity of the inter-relationship between fresh water and tourism in dryland regions and to date there has been little research into the relationship that dryland regional accommodation enterprises have with fresh water and how this has changed in an increasingly water constrained environment. This gap in the research, coupled with the development of a range of different styles of tourism accommodation that has accompanied the development of regional tourism destinations in Australia, has provided the rationale for this case study. The results of an initial survey involving tourism accommodation operators in the Grampians and Wimmera Mallee regions in western Victoria, Australia, suggest that despite ongoing drought conditions relatively few operators have developed sustainable water management practices. Those who have engaged in sustainable management practices have recognised the need for innovation, the importance of understanding local environmental issues and the opportunity to create new markets while educating their visitors. Through identifying the extent to which these factors influence freshwater use in different styles of tourism accommodation enterprises it has been possible to identify the relationship betweenthe dependent variable; tourism accommodation water consumption and the independent variables; accommodation operator values; and perceived guest values. This has informed the development of a range of strategies to guide sustainable fresh water use across tourism accommodation enterprises in dryland regions, recognising that tourism and freshwater are indeed an essential blend!
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And then there was water, the role of freshwater in regional tourism
- Authors: Lehmann, La Vergne
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Conference proceedings
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The challenge for sustainable water management in tourism accommodation enterprises
- Authors: Lehmann, La Vergne
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Water and Tourism: Resources management, planning and sustainability p. 129-143
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