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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Box 2.2 Relation of organisms to their environment : habitat and niche Habitat is the geographically located physical environment in which a species occurs . Occurring at various scales , habitats can be restricted areas such as a pool ...
Box 2.2 Relation of organisms to their environment : habitat and niche Habitat is the geographically located physical environment in which a species occurs . Occurring at various scales , habitats can be restricted areas such as a pool ...
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Such a loss of the fixed dune vegetation becomes especially significant if it contains rare and endangered species or critical habitat . Sand dune systems are only poorly developed or absent from most humid trop- ical environments .
Such a loss of the fixed dune vegetation becomes especially significant if it contains rare and endangered species or critical habitat . Sand dune systems are only poorly developed or absent from most humid trop- ical environments .
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Indi- rect impacts include habitat modification and impacts associated with infra- structure ( Green & Higginbottom , 2000 ; Roe et al . , 1997 ) . Liddle ( 1997 ) defines indirect impacts as a Type 2 disturbance incorporating those ...
Indi- rect impacts include habitat modification and impacts associated with infra- structure ( Green & Higginbottom , 2000 ; Roe et al . , 1997 ) . Liddle ( 1997 ) defines indirect impacts as a Type 2 disturbance incorporating those ...
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Contents
Types of tourism | 10 |
Tourisms Impacts in Natural Areas | 19 |
RecreationTourism Planning Frameworks | 22 |
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