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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... Cave entrance Stalagmites Stalactites Cave interior Periodic water flow Pool Pool Sink hole M Flow stone slope Figure 3.14 Conceptual diagram of cave habitats notes that there are now some 650 - tourist caves with lighting systems and ...
... Cave entrance Stalagmites Stalactites Cave interior Periodic water flow Pool Pool Sink hole M Flow stone slope Figure 3.14 Conceptual diagram of cave habitats notes that there are now some 650 - tourist caves with lighting systems and ...
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... cave , enters the cave system in the form of guano deposited by birds and bats that roost in caves . The reliance on energy derived from outside the cave system makes cave fauna susceptible to changes which occur at the surface and beyond ...
... cave , enters the cave system in the form of guano deposited by birds and bats that roost in caves . The reliance on energy derived from outside the cave system makes cave fauna susceptible to changes which occur at the surface and beyond ...
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... cave system , could result in the dissolution of speleothems rather than incremental growth . Above ground impacts can cause water pollution , changes in water flow into the cave and soil erosion can lead to the sedimentation of cave ...
... cave system , could result in the dissolution of speleothems rather than incremental growth . Above ground impacts can cause water pollution , changes in water flow into the cave and soil erosion can lead to the sedimentation of cave ...
Contents
Approaches to nature | 4 |
Natural Area Tourism | 10 |
Further Reading | 23 |
Copyright | |
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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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