Description: Deserts are popular tourist destinations, but the growth of this tourism niche raises particular challenges, jeopardizing fragile ecosystems and straining scarce resources. This book analyzes the relationship between tourism and sustainable development of those territories, addressing issues raised by architecture, landscape design, and planning.
Brief description: Virginie Lefebvre is a Professor in History and Theory at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris-Malaquais and a founding member of the research laboratory LIAT (laboratoire de recherche architecture, infrastructure et territoire).