Doctor Poll Theerapappisit

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Dean's Unit School of Social Sciences & Psychology

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PhD University of Melbourne
MSc Asian Institute of Technology
BArch Silpakorn University

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Dean's Unit School of Social Sciences & Psychology

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Email:	P.THEE@uws.edu.au
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Location:	P.G.22 Penrith (Kingswood)
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Biography

Poll has worked with UWS as a tenured lecturer since 2001. His background was in a wide range of practice over 10 years in architecture, landscape, urban design, urban and regional planning as well as real estate and project management. In 1998, three years after his Masters degree in Urban Planning, he worked as a planner for the ADB project on Mekong Tourism Planning. This work inspired him to develop his PhD proposal to study in England and then at the University of Melbourne. In 2006, his thesis had been submitted with the title: "Tourism Planning and Policy: Local Perspectives on Development and Participation - A Study of Ethnic Communities in Northern Thailand". Since 2000, he has published nine refereed papers in the multi-disciplinary research areas linking community-based cultural tourism planning and ethics in tourism development in less-developed countries. His teaching subjects at UWS are varying from tourism subjects such as Tourism Policy and Planning, Cultural Tourism, Indigenous Tourism to the subject in Humanitarian and Peace Studies; i.e. Inequality and Human Rights.

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Publications

Books

Theerapappisit, P. (2008), 'Planning Mekong Tourism', : VDM Verlag 9783639094886.

Chapters in Books

Theerapappisit, P. (2012), 'The Bottom-Up Approach of Community-Based Ethnic Tourism: A Case Study in Chiang Rai', Strategies for Tourism Industry: Micro and Macro Perspectives, InTech 9789535105664.
Theerapappisit, P. (2012), 'The bottom-up approach of community-based ethnic tourism : a case study in Chiang Rai', Strategies for Tourism Industry : Micro and Macro Perspectives, InTech 9789535105664.
Theerapappisit, P. (2011), 'The Mekong tourism dilemma: converging forces, contesting values', Stories of Practice: Tourism Policy and Planning, Ashgate Publishing Group 9780754679820.
Theerapappisit, P. (2003), 'River Life Transition: From Agro-cities to Agritourism', Modernity, Tradition, Culture, Water, Kasertsart University Press 9745373575.

Journal Articles

Theerapappisit, P. (2009), 'Pro-poor Ethnic Tourism in the Mekong: A Study of Three Approaches in Nothern Thailand', Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 21.
Theerapappisit, P. (2003), 'Mekong Tourism Development: Capital or Social Mobilisation', Tourism Recreation Research, 10.
Theerapappisit, P. (2003), 'Buddhist Ethics: Planning Towards Sustainable Community-based Tourism', Journal of the Faculty of Architecture Silpakorn University, 11.

Conference Papers

Theerapappisit, P. and Staiff, R. (2006), 'Tourism and Modernity : Perceptions of Tourism Development in three Northern Thai Villages', To the city and beyond : Proceedings of the 16th CAUTHE Conference, Victoria University, Melbourne.
Theerapappisit, P. (2006), 'Ethnic Tourism in the Mekong: Towards Pro-poor Tourism', New Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference, Department of Tourism, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ.
Theerapappisit, P. (2004), 'Degredation or enhancement through tourism: A role for ethical/religious approaches', Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) 2004 Annual Conference Creating Tourism Knowledge, Brisbane.
Theerapappisit, P. (2003), 'Tourism Development: Cultural Crisis of the Mekong', Riding the Wave of Tourism and Hospitality Research, Coffs Harbour, NSW.
Theerapappisit, P. (2003), 'River Life Transition: From Agro-cities to Agritourism', Modernity, Tradition, Culture, Water: BMB International Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Research

Tourism Studies, Community-Based/Pro-poor Tourism Planning, Urban Studies, Urban Conservation, Urban and Regional Planning, Sustainable Development, Buddhist Ethics, Mekong and Thai studies.