Lecture 7 Tourism and Sustainable Development Tourism is the world's largest industry(WTTC et al., 1995). It employs approximately one in nine workers worldwide, comprising 6% of global gross national product (GNP) and, it has been seen as a panacea for solving many social problems and for driving economic growth

LECTURE18 Human Disruption and Ecological Restoration Human impacts The ways of human disruption of ecosystems: ecosysten -Over-hunting, overharvesting, overgrazing etc. -Deforestation, Pollution, Cultural reasons

The State of the HK Economy The Hong Kong economy staged a sharp rebound over the course of 1999, recovering robustly from the severe setback brought about by the earlier Asian financial turmoil. The recovery was strongly export-led. In consequence, there was a marked increase in the combined visible invisible trade surplus over the year

NETWORK ECONOMIES Business network bamboo\network smuggling human trafficking chamber of commerce, untary- loca rotary, country club, etc Compulsory-belong to an organization. to survive or operate successfully e.g. accountant, bankers. Concept of networks ocially b inding ties hetween actors Global tribes- combination of ethnic

This socio-economic growth, together with the rapid expansion of Hong Kong's port and airport facilities and increase in cross boundary traffic, have placed tremendous demands on transport

With a population of 12.5 billion and relatively low economic, scientific and technical Industries did not adhere to a standard of environmental performance and environmental agencies lacked sufficient funds and authority to enforce environmental regulations Cities are the engines of economic growth. Unfortunately, cities in China are facing serious

What is wetland? Areas where water covers the soil Link between water and land water saturation in soil Most fertile and productive ecosystems support both aquatic and terrestrial species tound in every continents except the Antartica Wetland classification Physical hydrological

History of Agricultural Development Food Gathering Domestication of Crops Organic Farming Transgenic Farming since Green Revolution) High inputs of energy subsidies including fertilizers, pesticides, fossil fuels, mechanization, irrigation advanced technology High outputs at the expense of environmental integrity Contamination of ground water surface water by agrochemicals sediments Hazards to human and animal health(e.g. residual effect of methamidophos in vegetables, Agent orange in Vietnam, cross-Atlantic DDT contamination Loss of genetic diversity in plants and animals

Lecture 4 Sustainable Development The concept of Resource Hunker(1964) pointed out that a resource can no longer be conceived as a tangible object; but a functional relationship that exists between man's wants

The term landscape commonly refers to the appearance of land, including its shape, texture, and colors It also reflects the way in which these various components combine to create specific patterns and pictures that are distinctive to particular localities These inscape is not a purely visual