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 biologically important freshwater component for land organisms is only a very small percentage of the total and its distribution on earth is not even . Water movement through an ecosystem is driven by solar energy through the ...
The biologically important freshwater component for land organisms is only a very small percentage of the total and its distribution on earth is not even . Water movement through an ecosystem is driven by solar energy through the ...
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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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This makes the reef architecturally complex and provides shelter , breeding sites and sources of food for a diverse array of marine organisms ( Table 2.2 ) . The coral reef itself is composed of the calcium rich skeletons of coral ...
This makes the reef architecturally complex and provides shelter , breeding sites and sources of food for a diverse array of marine organisms ( Table 2.2 ) . The coral reef itself is composed of the calcium rich skeletons of coral ...
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Contents
Types of tourism | 10 |
Tourisms Impacts in Natural Areas | 19 |
RecreationTourism Planning Frameworks | 22 |
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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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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 Natural Area Tourism: Ecology, Impacts, and Management, Ross Kingston Dowling |
| 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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