Urban Heat Islands and Parks

 

Another PowerPoint from the old days.

“Urban Heat Islands: A longitudinal GIS Study.” New England St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society. Storrs, CT. October 2010.

Future Dystopian Attractions: Benign Masochism in Dark Tourism

I am currently working on this book chapter, stay tuned....

Future Dystopian Attractions: Benign Masochism in Dark Tourism

Robert S. Bristow, Ian Jenkins, and Alina Gross

Abstract 

The future of Dark Tourism is contingent on the tourist’s ability to encounter a safe experience. Given the current stress on tourism from the pandemic and war, tourists are expected to seek a more entertaining environment to escape.  Traditional dark attractions provide an essential opportunity to learn about our horrid past especially for those who seek solace to better understand why? One possible explanation that tourists are attracted to unpleasant destinations is the psychological theory of ‘benign masochism.’ The chapter explores the future of fright attractions by examining the cultural milieu of south-east Asia, central Europe and others.   

Keywords: dystopian attractions, benign masochism, risk, cultural linkages, pleasure in the unpleasant, fright tourism

SCORP and GIS

 

Bristow, R., & Warnick, R. (2011). Updating State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plans, an Application of Geographic Information Systems and Census Data. Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/nerr/2011/Papers/20/.

Sustainable Restaurant Management

 

Another PowerPoint presentation from a conference.

Bristow, R. & Jenkins, I. (2013). Factors Influencing a Business Preference for Tourism Sustainability: An International Example. Proceedings of the 2013 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Available at http://scholarworks.umass.edu/nerr/2013/Papers/3/.

Smart Growth and the Community Preservation Act

 

A poster from 2006.

“Smart Growth and Open Space Protection:  The Community Preservation Act in Massachusetts.” ISSRM 2006, a Symposium in the Series of International Symposia on Society and Resource Management, Vancouver, Canada, June 2006.

For the latest info on the Community Preservation ACT see this page CPA.  And a map here.

The GSTC in Health Tourism

Found this old Powerpoint on the computer and thought I'd share.

 Bristow, R., Yang, W. & Lu, M. (2010). An Application of the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria in Health Tourism. In: Watts, Clifton E., Jr.; Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc, eds. Proceedings of the 2009 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-66. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 97-103. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/35650.