Eco-Resorts (Hardcover)

Introduction; Part I: Tourism and the Tropics; The question of sustainability and tourism; Part II: Indoor environment control in the tropics; The question of comfort; Part III: Tropical resort design; The question of the environmental response; Part IV: Case studies; The question of practicality; Center for Study of Sustainable resort Development, US Virgin Islands; Praia do Forte resort, Brazil; Sierra LloronaLodge, Panama; Shangri-La Caribe Resort, Playa de Carmen, Mexico; In Ka'an Lodge, Yakutan, Mexico; Kosi Forest Camp, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Epupa Camp, Kaokoveld, Namibia; Gayana Island Resort, Malaysia; Amandari resort, Bali, Indonesia; Eco Beach Retreat, Cape Villaret; Seven Spirit Wilderness Lodge, Arnhem Land; References and bibliography; Index.