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 184
... require planners to develop and assess a range of management strategies as part of the planning process . Both these frameworks also require anal- ysis of the cause of impacts before management strategies are considered . Cause can only ...
... require planners to develop and assess a range of management strategies as part of the planning process . Both these frameworks also require anal- ysis of the cause of impacts before management strategies are considered . Cause can only ...
Page 209
... requires frequent maintenance Moderate to high ; requires frequent maintenance High ; requires maintenance and toilet into septic system which is regular pumping of septic pumped regularly into a leach field / pond system Fair with ...
... requires frequent maintenance Moderate to high ; requires frequent maintenance High ; requires maintenance and toilet into septic system which is regular pumping of septic pumped regularly into a leach field / pond system Fair with ...
Page 220
... require rapid attention and amelioration , then direct actions such as regulating visitor numbers and where they go are needed . For example , a campsite denuded of vegetation , increasing in size and showing signs of erosion requires ...
... require rapid attention and amelioration , then direct actions such as regulating visitor numbers and where they go are needed . For example , a campsite denuded of vegetation , increasing in size and showing signs of erosion requires ...
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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