Richard Butler 
The Tourism Area Life Cycle, Vol.2 [PDF ebook] 
Conceptual and Theoretical Issues

Introduction by C. Michael Hall

Part 1: The Conceptual Context and Evolution of the TALC

1. The Ontological Foundation of the TALC – Charles S. Johnston

2. Legitimising the TALC as a Theory of Development and Change – K. Michael Haywood

Part 2: Spatial Relationships and the TALC

3. Enigma Variations? The TALC, Marketing Models and the Descendants of the Product Life Cycle – Tim Coles

4. TALC and the Spatial Implications of Competition – Andreas Papatheodorou

5. Space-Time Accessibility and the TALC: The Role of Geographies of Spatial Interaction and Mobility in Contributing to an Improved Understanding of Tourism – C. M. Hall

Part 3: Alternative Conceptual Approaches and the TALC

6. The Contribution of Entrepreneurship Theory to the TALC Model - Roslyn Russell

7. The TALC and Protected Natural Areas – Sabine Weisenegger

8. Time Path Analysis and TALC Stage Demarcation – Sven Lundtorp and Stephen Wanhill

9. The Implications of Lamarckian Theory for the TALC Model – Neil Ravenscroft and Ion Hadjihambi

10. Chaos Theory and its Application to the TALC Model - Roslyn Russell

Part 4: Renewing or Retiring with the TALC

11. The Anatomy of the Rejuvenation Stage of the TALC – Chris Cooper

12. Coastal Resort Restructuring and the TALC – Sheela Agarwal

13. Revisiting the TALC: Is There an Off-Ramp? - Tom G. Baum

Part 5: Predicting with the TALC

14. How to Define, Identify and Monitor the Decline of Tourist Destinations: Towards an Early Warning System - Mara Manente and Harald Pechlaner

15. The Predictive Potential of the TALC Model - Ted Berry

Part 6: The Future and the TALC

References

Richard Butler is Emeritus Professor at the University of Strathclyde, UK and the University of Western Ontario, Canada. His research focuses on destination development, remote and insular areas, impacts of tourism, sustainability and overtourism.