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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Total Change ( % ) 100 80 60 40- 20 20 Vegetation loss + Veget . Composition Tree Seedling Loss ☛ Organic Litter Loss * Exposed Soil Soil Compisition 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Nights / Year 40 45 59 50 55 55 60 Total Change represents the ...
Total Change ( % ) 100 80 60 40- 20 20 Vegetation loss + Veget . Composition Tree Seedling Loss ☛ Organic Litter Loss * Exposed Soil Soil Compisition 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Nights / Year 40 45 59 50 55 55 60 Total Change represents the ...
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Impacts on vegetation Use of road vehicles impacts on soils Loss of vegetation height Decline in perennial plant cover Decline in annual plant survival loss of surface organic matter compaction collapse of burrows crushing of buried ...
Impacts on vegetation Use of road vehicles impacts on soils Loss of vegetation height Decline in perennial plant cover Decline in annual plant survival loss of surface organic matter compaction collapse of burrows crushing of buried ...
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The answers to these questions give possible indicators , such as the amount of litter , vegetation loss and the number of people in other groups . Visitors can then be asked to provide maximum acceptable levels , before their ...
The answers to these questions give possible indicators , such as the amount of litter , vegetation loss and the number of people in other groups . Visitors can then be asked to provide maximum acceptable levels , before their ...
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Contents
Types of tourism | 10 |
Tourisms Impacts in Natural Areas | 19 |
RecreationTourism Planning Frameworks | 22 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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