QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENTS AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY: SKI TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN INVERMERE, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Alison Aspinall, Judie Cukier () and Brent Doberstein ()
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Judie Cukier: Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Brent Doberstein: Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2011, vol. 13, issue 02, 179-201

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of using quality of life assessments (QLA) to evaluate social sustainability and impacts of a hypothetical tourism development modelled after the currently-proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort. Results of this study indicated that there was a significant difference between the pre- and post-development scenarios on respondents' perceived quality of life: respondents perceived that their quality of life would be lower after the development of the resort. Also, respondents' general attitudes towards tourism development, and the specific Jumbo Glacier Resort project, had a statistically significant impact on their expected quality of life, and their interpretation of how tourism impacts their quality of life. The study suggests that quality of life assessment can make valuable contributions to the fields of social impact assessment and social sustainability analysis, and the results of such assessments can make valuable contributions to the fields of sustainable community development.

Keywords: Quality of life assessment; tourism; social sustainability; British Columbia; social impact assessment; ski resort (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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