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Principal Lecturer and Researcher
in Tourism at Bristol Business School, University of the West of England,
Bristol, Member of
CELTS (the UWE, Bristol Centre for Leisure, Tourism and Society), He took his MA (St Andrews) in history and political economy and M.Phil (Edinburgh) in urban design and regional planning (Thesis - "Pedestrian
Priority Shopping Streets"). He is a Chartered Town Planner, a member of
the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and of the Tourism Society. Before
1983, he was with National Bus Company as a corporate and transport planner
and later a marketing manager. In 1993, he led a transnational European
Commission funded research project on sustainable tourism and continues
to be Academic Advisor to the Europe-wide association of walled towns,
the
Walled Towns Friendship Circle. He was project co-ordinator
for the Interreg IIC Atlantic Area Project on Marine Ecotourism 2000-2003 and its
potential for the regeneration of peripheral coastal communities (META-).
He is currently leading the UWE, Bristol involvement on
'ARCHWAY' an Interreg IIIC network
project, led by Chester City Council on behalf of the Walled Towns Friendship
Circle and has a six month Research Fellowship from Bristol Business School to
research the role of tourism in the strategic management of historic (walled)
towns. Recent publications (see Research
Website link to
'Walled Towns Research') include:
Bruce, D and O. Creighton (2006) Contested
identities: the dissonant heritage of European town walls and walled towns,
International journal of Heritage Studies Volume 12:3 pp234-254
(2004) case study chapter 'Piran: establishing a
sustainable Gem City' in Holloway JC 'Marketing for Tourism' (4th
Edition), Pearson pp445-54
Bruce, D.M., Hocter Z., Garrod B. and Wilson J
(2001) Genuinely Sustainable Marine Ecotourism in the EU Atlantic Area: a
Blueprint for Responsible Marketing., UWE, Bristol 2001 (with META-)
Garrod B, Wilson J and Bruce D.M (2001)
Planning for Marine Ecotourism in the EU Atlantic Area:Good Practice Guidance,
UWE, Bristol (with META-)
Bruce, D.M.
Jackson M.J. and Serra C. A (2001) PREPARe: a model to aid the development of
policies for less unsustainable tourism in historic towns Tourism and
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