Natural Area Tourism: Ecology, Impacts, and ManagementThe 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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opment , also has the capacity to change ecosystem structure and function through disturbance ( also see Chapter 3 ) . ... Loss of plant cover can also result in associated abiotic changes such as the loss of surface soils or an ...
opment , also has the capacity to change ecosystem structure and function through disturbance ( also see Chapter 3 ) . ... Loss of plant cover can also result in associated abiotic changes such as the loss of surface soils or an ...
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Changes to vegetation as a result of wear consist of a reduction in plant cover which is measured according to losses in percentage plant cover , reduced height of vegetation and reduced biomass of the original undisturbed vegetation .
Changes to vegetation as a result of wear consist of a reduction in plant cover which is measured according to losses in percentage plant cover , reduced height of vegetation and reduced biomass of the original undisturbed vegetation .
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... rapidly provides data on which campsites are most seriously impacted Quick - a campsite can be evaluated in 5-10 minutes as well as providing a lot of information at relatively low cost ; accuracy is sufficient to detect changes ...
... rapidly provides data on which campsites are most seriously impacted Quick - a campsite can be evaluated in 5-10 minutes as well as providing a lot of information at relatively low cost ; accuracy is sufficient to detect changes ...
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Contents
Types of tourism | 10 |
Tourisms Impacts in Natural Areas | 19 |
RecreationTourism Planning Frameworks | 22 |
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| Title | Natural Area Tourism: Ecology, Impacts, and Management Issue 4 of Aspects of Tourism Collection Volume 4 of Aspects of tourism, ISSN 2753-0663 G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Authors | David Newsome, Susan A. Moore, Ross Kingston Dowling |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Channel View Publications, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1873150253, 9781873150252 |
| Length | 340 pages |
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