Tourism in National Parks and Protected Areas: Planning and Management

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This book describes the state of the art tourism planning and management in national parks an protected areas. It also provides guidelines for best practice in tourism operations. Other objectives are to consider the role of local communities within or near these areas, outline the development of tourism infrastructure and services, discuss visitor management and provide guidelines to enhance the quality of the tourism experience.

Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and Management

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Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and Management
Mark Orams
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ASIN: 0415139384

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Marine Tourism examines tourism in coastal and marine environments. Mark Orams provides an overview of the history, development and growth of marine tourism and describes the characteristics of marine tourists' and the "vendors" of these tourist activities. Marine Tourism includes case studies of specific types of tourism including: the cruise ship industry, whale and dolphin watching, yachting and the America's Cup, and maritime museums and festivals in locales including the Florida Keys and Hawaii, the Caribbean, New Zealand, and Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The book also examines tourism impacts on marine ecosystems and coastal communities and explores management techniques aimed at reducing negative impacts and maximizing the benefits of marine tourism.

Ecotourism Policy and Planning (Cabi Publishing)

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ASIN: 0851996094

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The global tourism industry continues a trend of sustained growth, moving more people and generating domestic and foreign revenues, often at the expenses of the social and ecological integrity of destination regions. As a result, tourism policy makers have been forced to consider a variety of new approaches to ensure that the environment, the local people, tourists, and business remain unaffected by the negative impacts of the industry. This book provides an objective overview of the extent of international ecotourism policy, with contributions from academics and policy makers from around the world.

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Ecology, Recreation and Tourism
M. Ann Edington , and John M. Edington
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521314097

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In an increasingly leisure-orientated society, a proper understanding of ecological factors is necessary to reduce the scale of environmental damage associated with recreational and tourist activities. Ecology, Recreation and Tourism presents a comprehensive analysis of such effects on the environment. Using the framework of basic ecological principles, which are introduced and explained in the first chapter, the planning and design for recreation and tourism is considered from 3 major standpoints: the impact of recreational damage; the constraints imposed by biological agents, and finally the design of resorts and associated support facilities. The authors have been involved with the application of ecology to land use planning for many years, both in this country and overseas. With a wide geographical and environmental scope, this text shows clearly the crucial role that ecology has to play in maintaining the balance between recreation and the environment.

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ecotourism; an introduction
A Good Start to Ecotourism

Ecotourism
David Fennell
Manufacturer: Routledge
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ASIN: 0415142377

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Using a wealth of international case studies and photos,Ecotourism: An Introduction provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the key foundations, concepts and issues related to Ecotourism, the fasted growing segment of the global tourism industry. This title touches on many aspects of the ecotoursim industry including the foundations of ecotourism and tourism and ecotourism policy. Ecotoursim: An Introduction includes case studies from the US, Canada, Mexico, Scotland, Austria, and Australia.

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ecotourism; an introduction.......2006-03-24

good... I bought this book only because it's a textbook for my class...never read the whole chapters

A Good Start to Ecotourism.......2000-02-07

This was a very good introductory book to ecotourism. It was not too scientific as well as not being too elementary. It provided good information about the multiple effects of ecotourism in order to make the reader more aware of tourism's effects. I will be able to apply the information I obtained and use it for my trip to Central America in order to be a respectable and responsible traveler.

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Ecotourism Program Planning
D. A. Fennell
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Tourism is the world's largest industry. In the past decade it is the natural-resource-based sector that has experienced the greatest growth. In particular, adventure, cultural and eco tourism (ACE tourism): for example, skiing, white-water rafting, whale watching, festivals and fairs. This book provides an in-depth overview of the different operations of ACE tourism. It draws on theory from recreation and leisure studies, tourism, marketing, and environmental management to demonstrate the importance of effective program planning. This is especially significant as industry competition becomes more intense in this growth sector.

Environmental Issues of Tourism and Recreation

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informative book on conservation and tourism
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Environmental Issues of Tourism and Recreation
Zbigniew Mieczkowski
Manufacturer: University Press of America
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ASIN: 081919994X

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This innovative and thoroughly interdisciplinary book discusses the environmental impact of tourism and recreation. These issues are not observed in a vacuum, but rather in the holistic context of the relationships and interactions between other non-tourist factors that also shape the ecosystem. "Environmental Issues of Tourism and Recreation" is divided into three parts: environmental impacts on tourism and tourists; the positive and negative impact of tourism on the natural environment; and suggestions on how to minimize the unfavorable effects of tourism on nature in the attempt at making tourism environmentally sustainable. Contents: Environmental Impacts on Tourism and Tourists; External (Nontourist) Human Impacts on Natural Environment as Part of the Tourism Product; The Positive Impacts of Tourism and Recreation on Natural Environment; The Negative Impacts of Tourism and Recreation on Environment: Parameters, Agents, and Factors of Overdevelopment; The Negative Impact of Tourism and Recreation on Elements of the Environmental System; The Negative Impact of Tourism and Recreation on Ecosystems; The Issue of Carrying Capacity; The Search for Environmentally Sustainable Tourism; Environmental Planning and Management of Tourism and Recreation; Ecotourism as a Form of Alternative Tourism; Conclusions.

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informative book on conservation and tourism.......2001-03-19

The author explores the interaction between conservation efforts and tourism in different ecosystems and around the world. Commonly accepted views are mostly espoused- nothing shockinly new or inciteful, but a good source of knowledge and facts. Good for the basics, but if you already know a good deal about efforts of ecotourism, it won't tell you much you don't know.

informative book on conservation and tourism.......2001-03-19

Environmental Management for Rural Tourism and Recreation (Studies in Tourism)

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Environmental Management for Rural Tourism and Recreation (Studies in Tourism)
John Tribe , Xavier Font , Richard Vickery , Karen Yale , and Nigel Griffiths
Manufacturer: Continuum International Publishing Group
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Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation (Routledge Environmental Management)

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Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation (Routledge Environmental Management)
Rich Broadhurst
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ASIN: 0415200989

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Managing Environments for Leisure and Recreation urges managers to balance the need for a systematic approach, with the need for a systemic development of an environmental management ethic. It is highly illustrated with over 50 line drawings and includes many case studies from around the world.

New Challenges in Recreation and Tourism Planning (Developments in Landscape Management and Urban Planning)

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New Challenges in Recreation and Tourism Planning (Developments in Landscape Management and Urban Planning)

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ASIN: 0444898492

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This book puts forth new challenges and new methods for the planning of outdoor recreation and tourism. The first two chapters offer a description of the problems which the public and the private sectors are facing. Following chapters deal with several aspects of the problems, including trends and changes in outdoor recreation and tourism, previous policies of planning for recreation and tourism, shortcomings in policies and actions, and new approaches in several countries, such as the United States, France, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Finally, the book gives examples of new methods and approaches for the planning of outdoor recreation and tourism. These methods are demonstrated with specific areas or projects from the aforementioned countries.

This book will be invaluable to all those who bear the responsibility of providing human beings with possibilities and facilities to spend their free time in their own desired way, namely landscape and urban planners, conservationists, and landscape ecologists.

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Microcontinuum field theories constitute an extension of classical field theories -- of elastic bodies, deformations, electromagnetism, and the like -- to microscopic spaces and short time scales. Material bodies are here viewed as collections of large numbers of deformable particles, much as each volume element of a fluid in statistical mechanics is viewed as consisting of a large number of small particles for which statistical laws are valid. Classical continuum theories are valid when the characteristic length associated with external forces or stimuli is much larger than any internal scale of the body under consideration. When the characteristic lengths are comparable, however, the response of the individual constituents becomes important, for example, in considering the fluid or elastic properties of blood, porous media, polymers, liquid crystals, slurries, and composite materials. This volume is concerned with the kinematics of microcontinua. It begins with a discussion of strain, stress tensors, balance laws, and constitutive equations, and then discusses applications of the fundamental ideas to the theory of elasticity.

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Among Marshallese the ri-bwebwenato (storyteller) is well known and respected, a living repository and transmitter of traditional history and culture. Here are ninety folktales and stories of historical events, collected and translated into English during the third quarter of the twentieth century. They include tales of origins, humanlike animals, ogres, and sprites--some malevolent, some playful. Many are presented in the original language and are amplified by extensive commentary.

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