THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF JAPANESE TOURISM AND LEISURE

D. J. Gielen (), R. Kurihara and Y. Moriguchi
Additional contact information
D. J. Gielen: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, Japan
R. Kurihara: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, Japan
Y. Moriguchi: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, Japan

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2002, vol. 04, issue 04, 397-424

Abstract: Structural change towards environmentally benign service industries is widely considered a key strategy for sustainable development. However the environmental impact of service industries is not negligible. This paper analyses the environmental impact of Japanese leisure and tourism. The methodological problems and pitfalls are discussed and a new methodological framework is elaborated. The results suggest that leisure and tourism are responsible for 17% of the national greenhouse gas emissions, and 13% of the national primary energy use. Also a considerable part of the national land use is affected by leisure and tourism. The impact on biodiversity is hard to quantify because of inadequate monitoring systems, reference definition problems and interacting causes of environmental pressure. The environmental impact diverge widely for different types of leisure and tourism activities. Given these results, the sustainability of economic growth based on leisure and tourism should be analysed more carefully.

Keywords: Tourism; leisure; environmental impact assessment; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S146433320200111X
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:04:y:2002:i:04:n:s146433320200111x

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from

DOI: 10.1142/S146433320200111X

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM) is currently edited by Thomas Fischer

More articles in Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM) from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().