The virtual course "Sustainable Tourism - promoting environmental public health - Virtual Course - Coursera", is a course with different contents and offers video classes of Approx. 14 hours to complete. Explore its essential features, and click the orange button for detailed information on the Coursera e-Learning platform.
The MOOC introduces students to the key environmental health and natural resource management challenges associated with the rapid growth of international tourist arrivals in low-income countries. Since regulatory and infrastructure capacities in such countries are often limited, they are more exposed to the negative implications of such development. The MOOC will present experiences and potential ways to develop a more sustainable form of tourism. The course focuses particularly on the problems and potentials of tourism development in small island states in tropical and subtropical environments and highlights the challenges of such development in vulnerable ecosystems. It also highlights how the development of tourism in Zanzibar places increased pressure on its marine environment, solid waste management, water resources and mosquito control. These factors will be used as tracers of impacts and areas for future improvement towards a more sustainable form of tourism. Zanzibar will be in the spotlight during this course and will be used as a case to illustrate how a massive increase in tourism in a low income and resource scarce environment can increase the vulnerability of the local population. The course topics also relate to a number of targets of the global Sustainable Development Goals, notably: Goal 3: “good health and well-being” Goal 6: “clean water and sanitation” Goal 14: “life below water” Goals 17: “associations”. Thus, the Course is a continuation of the efforts and debates raised in the framework of 2017, the international year of sustainable tourism. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen will present a diversity of perspectives and areas of expertise.
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