85642 - TOURISM, TRANSPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

Contenuti

The purpose of the first part of this course is to enable students to rigorously apply appropriate evaluation and decision-making methodologies (e.g., Cost Effectiveness Analysis, Multi-Criteria Analysis, Threshold Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis) to sustainable development projects in the tourism sector. In particular, as regards evaluation methods where decisions have marginal impacts in a non-competitive market, theories and applications will be shown in case of tradable and non-tradable resources: in the sub-case of tradable resources, the concept of shadow exchange rate will be introduced; while in the sub-case of non-tradable resources, the concepts of willingness to pay and opportunity costs will be discussed. Evaluation methods where decisions have non-marginal impacts will also be presented. As regards evaluation methods where there is no market, both production approaches (e.g., response method, replacement cost, opportunity cost, preventive cost) and utility approaches (e.g., revealed preferences and stated preferences) will be discussed. Students will also be taught recent theories and applications of decision-making methods under uncertainty or risk, time spans, space interactions, indirect effects, and distributive effects.

In the second part of the course, the relationship between tourism and transport is examined, using several applied examples from economics, geography and marketing. After a general multidisciplinary introduction, this module will describe how government policy can affect the development of tourism transport system. The role of government is discussed from two points of view: regulation and planning. Then the module will outline trends in each of the three main modes of transport (ground, air, marine) examining critical issues associated with these modes and it will interrogate the notion of sustainable modes of transport. A significant time will be devoted to explain approaches and models dedicated to the analysis of the demand. In particular, those lessons will consider how transport is manifested within the tourism system and how the provision of movement and mobility facilitate and is involved in leisure activities. Together with the previous parts, they give rise to supply and demand issues and a discussion of models of elasticities. Furthermore, two critical area of management with respect to transport will be highlighted: nodal frameworks and security issues. Finally some of the main issues that are likely to affect tourism and transport in the next decades will be outlined, particularly the role of globalization, privatization and innovation in transport system.

In the first part of this course, student will learn about:

Sustainability paradigms (e.g., Economic general equilibrium vs. Ecosystem services, Weak vs. strong sustainability, de-growth vs. a-growth)

Sustainable, responsible and alternative tourism

Assessment approaches (e.g., Life Cycle Assessment, Cost Benefit Analysis, Multi-Criteria Analysis)

Assessment issues

• Time and space

• Uncertainty

• Intra and inter generations equity

• Ecological interdependencies in time and space

• Social interdependencies

• Economic interdependencies

After taking the second part of the course, the students should be able to:

• Map the key elements of the complex relationship between transport and tourism

• Outline the correlations between modes, networks and flows and their role in the development of tourism

• Describe and evaluate the importance of connectivity and accessibility of transport networks and their role in tourism development

• Identify the role of government in transport and tourism relationships

• Understand the nature of supply and demand in relation to transport and tourism

• Understand various models of spatial interaction in transport and what this means for tourism flows and development

   

Testi/Bibliografia

First part:

H.F.Campbell and R.P.C.Brown, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press

J.J. Liburd, D. Edwards, Understanding the Sustainable Development of Tourism, Goodfellow Publishers

Second part:

D.T. Duval, Tourism and Transport: modes, networks and flows, Channel View Publications (2007)

S.J. Page, Transport and Tourism: global perspectives, Prentice Hall (2009)

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Written examination, 1 hour long and based on 4 questions. Notes or other materials are not allowed.

The second module also comprises two group works - each one including a presentation and/or a discussion - which are part of the course’s final grade and they imply a bonus of up to 3 points (i.e., from 0 to 3) on top of the written examination.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Zagonari, F. (2016) Four Sustainability Paradigms for Environmental Management: A Methodological Analysis and an Empirical Study Based on 30 Italian Industries, Sustainability 8: 1-34

van den Bergh, J.C.J.M. (2011) Environment versus growth - a criticism of “de-growth†and a plea for “a-growthâ€, Ecological Economics 70: 881-890

Kallis, G. (2011) In defence of de-growth, Ecological Economics 70: 873-880

Dietz, S., Neumayer, E. (2007) Weak and strong sustainability in the SEEA: concepts and measurement, Ecological Economics 61: 617-626

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Fabio Zagonari

Consulta il sito web di Stefano Scagnolari