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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The choice depends on the objectives of monitoring and available resources . Visitor monitoring generally relies on sampling where inferences about the whole visitor population are drawn from a subset of this larger population ( Pitts ...
The choice depends on the objectives of monitoring and available resources . Visitor monitoring generally relies on sampling where inferences about the whole visitor population are drawn from a subset of this larger population ( Pitts ...
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Table 7.1 Steps in a monitoring programme for resource impacts and visitors in natural areas Step 1. Evaluate need for monitoring programme and determine objectives 2. Review existing approaches 3. Develop monitoring procedures 4.
Table 7.1 Steps in a monitoring programme for resource impacts and visitors in natural areas Step 1. Evaluate need for monitoring programme and determine objectives 2. Review existing approaches 3. Develop monitoring procedures 4.
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Although little has been written about monitoring the effects of tourism on marine environments , several marine monitoring programmes of relevance to natural area tourism exist . The Reef Check programme aims to document human impacts ...
Although little has been written about monitoring the effects of tourism on marine environments , several marine monitoring programmes of relevance to natural area tourism exist . The Reef Check programme aims to document human impacts ...
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Contents
Types of tourism | 10 |
Tourisms Impacts in Natural Areas | 19 |
RecreationTourism Planning Frameworks | 22 |
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