Natural Area Tourism: Ecology, Impacts, and ManagementChannel View Publications, 2002 - 340 pages The book covers all facets of tourism in natural areas. The book is underpinned by a strong foundation of environmental understanding. It then describes the range of impacts, which occur when tourism takes place in the natural environment and illustrates how managers can plan, develop and appropriately manage tourism developments in natural areas. Finally, the book addresses ongoing management concerns such as monitoring environmental change and the need to introduce appropriate management strategies. |
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Page 154
... levels of use . Managers hoped to be able to determine a visitor carrying capacity below which the natural environment could be sustained . Wagar ( 1964 ) broadened capacity to include social as well as ecolog- ical capacity . Thus ...
... levels of use . Managers hoped to be able to determine a visitor carrying capacity below which the natural environment could be sustained . Wagar ( 1964 ) broadened capacity to include social as well as ecolog- ical capacity . Thus ...
Page 208
... levels of use and visitor acceptability . For built accommodation such as resorts and lodges a permanent , enclosed ... levels of use , maintenance requirements , visitor preferences and environmental consequences . For example , gas ...
... levels of use and visitor acceptability . For built accommodation such as resorts and lodges a permanent , enclosed ... levels of use , maintenance requirements , visitor preferences and environmental consequences . For example , gas ...
Page 275
... levels of vegetation and soil disturbance . These sites are generally remote from trails and water sources such as streams . Moderately impacted sites ( 24 % ) had low to medium areas and levels of impact . Intensively impacted ...
... levels of vegetation and soil disturbance . These sites are generally remote from trails and water sources such as streams . Moderately impacted sites ( 24 % ) had low to medium areas and levels of impact . Intensively impacted ...
Contents
Spectrum of recreation opportunities | 22 |
The Ecological Perspective | 24 |
xi | 65 |
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Natural Area Tourism: Ecology, Impacts, and Management David Newsome,Susan A. Moore,Ross Kingston Dowling No preview available - 2002 |
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activities animals applied approach assessment Banff National Park Barrier Reef behaviour birds Bob Marshall Wilderness camping campsites carrying capacity cave centre chapter communities coral reef corridors damage disturbance ecological ecosystems Ecotourism effects environmental impacts Environmental Management erosion example facilities Forest Service groups habitat Hammitt & Cole human increased indicators interpretation Island Kakadu National Park Kruger National Park Land Management landscape Leung levels Liddle Limits of Acceptable located management actions Marion McArthur measure ment monitoring programme Mountains natural area tourism natural environment nutrients off-road vehicles opportunity classes planning frameworks plants population potential problems protected areas rainforest reduced Research reserves resource result river roads social soil species stakeholders standards Stankey Stirling Range survey techniques tion tour tourism development trampling trees tropical vegetation visitor impacts visitor management visitor monitoring visitor numbers Warren National Park Western Australia wilderness areas wildlife zone