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SHE XII International Conference
Society for Human Ecology
Tourism, Travel
and Transport:
A Human Ecological Perspective
on Human Mobility
The Island of Cozumel, Mexican Caribbean
February 18 - 20, 2004
According to the World Trade Organization (WTO) the year 2002 was a landmark year for tourism in that 714.6 million international tourist arrivals were registered worldwide, surpassing the previous record number of 700 million. This marks tourism as one of the most dynamic economic activities in the global environment.
As long recognized by international organizations such as Programs of the United Nations for the Environment and for Development (UNEP and UNDP), the Commission for the Environmental Cooperation of North America (CECNA) and the Institute of the World Resources (WRI), among others, tourist activities create both activities and challenges. Tourism generates economic benefits, but also requires mobilization of resources, large-scale investments, human mobilization, the creation of new infrastructure and the growth of the sector transports - all of which imply ecological, social, cultural and economic impacts.
The Society for Human Ecology (SHE) is a broad interdisciplinary organization, concerned with research and education in issues from International Development to Philosophy and Theory of human and environmental sustainability, ranging from the individual scale to the world scale. In the SHE XII conference we will explore tourism in its complexity, with the purpose of generating alternatives and proposals to respond to the contradictions generated by tourism in societies and ecosystems both on local and regional scales. The concerns of Human Ecology are distinctly interdisciplinary and transnational. New ideas from one discipline enrich, and are enriched by, discussions with other disciplines.
Deadline for submission of papers
has been extended to
November 15, 2003.
Copyright 2001, The Society for Human Ecology
The Society for Human Ecology (SHE) is an
international interdisciplinary professional society that promotes
the use of an ecological perspective in both research and
application. The Society holds regular conferences, conducts workshops and symposia, and
co-sponsors a variety of related activities to further integrate work among professionals in fields
pertaining to human ecology.
Membership fees are $60 for regular members, $150 for
contributing members, $1000 for sustaining members, and a
concessionary rate of $30 for student members, members from developing
countries, and retired members.
For membership information contact:
Barbara Carter
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA.
or use the online contact form