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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Page 36
... organisms have a minimum water requirement below which stress , dehydration and death will occur . Living organisms that occupy arid environments have evolved mechanisms to avoid water loss and / or conserve the water content in their ...
... organisms have a minimum water requirement below which stress , dehydration and death will occur . Living organisms that occupy arid environments have evolved mechanisms to avoid water loss and / or conserve the water content in their ...
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... 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 in a cave or within ...
... 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 in a cave or within ...
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... organisms ( Table 2.2 ) . The coral reef itself is composed of the calcium rich skeletons of coral polyps . When the coral polyp dies these skeletons become the base for new living coral polyps which grow upwards towards the light . The ...
... organisms ( Table 2.2 ) . The coral reef itself is composed of the calcium rich skeletons of coral polyps . When the coral polyp dies these skeletons become the base for new living coral polyps which grow upwards towards the light . The ...
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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activities animals applied approach assessment Banff National Park Barrier Reef behaviour birds Bob Marshall Wilderness camping campsites carrying capacity cave centre chapter communities coral reef damage disturbance diversity ecological ecosystems ecotourism effects environmental impacts Environmental Management erosion example experience facilities Forest Service fynbos groups habitat Hammitt & Cole human increased indicators interpretation Island Kakadu Kakadu National Park Kruger National Park Land Management landscape Leung levels Limits of Acceptable located management actions management strategies Marion McArthur measure ment minimise monitoring programme Mountains National Park natural area tourism natural environment off-road vehicles opportunity classes organisations planning frameworks plants problems protected areas rainforest Ramsar Convention reduce Research reserves resource river roads social soil species stakeholders standards Stankey survey techniques tion tourism development trampling trees users vegetation visitor impacts visitor management visitor monitoring visitor numbers Warren National Park Western Australia wilderness areas wildlife zone