This volume contains specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers who have used and modified the original TALC model over the past two decades, a reprint of the original article, a discussion of its origins, and a comprehensive review of most of the published material using the TALC

This book is divided into five sections, the conceptual origins of the TALC, spatial relationships and the TALC, alternative conceptual approaches, renewing or retiring with the TALC, and predicting with the TALC. It concludes with a review of the future potential of the model in the area of the...

Frontmatter -- DEDICATION -- IN MEMORIAM -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction / Hall, C. Michael -- Part 1: The Conceptual Context and Evolution of the TALC -- Prologue / Butler, Richard -- Introduction / Butler, Richard -- 1. The Ontological Foundation of the TALC /...

Frontmatter -- DEDICATION -- IN MEMORIAM -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction / Hall, C. Michael -- Part 1: Foundations of the TALC -- Introduction / Butler, Richard W. -- 1. The Concept of a Tourist Area Cycle of Evolution: Implications for Management of Resources /...