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 277
... surveys - evaluator records trail condition at systematically- located but non- permanent points , aiming for generalisation to the whole trail system See Cole ( 1983b ) - Problem - based rapid surveys – evaluator searches for and ...
... surveys - evaluator records trail condition at systematically- located but non- permanent points , aiming for generalisation to the whole trail system See Cole ( 1983b ) - Problem - based rapid surveys – evaluator searches for and ...
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... surveys , data on trail condition are collected at points a predetermined , set distance apart , a distance of 50 ... surveys Problem - based rapid surveys let managers know where the problems are and can guide trail location , design ...
... surveys , data on trail condition are collected at points a predetermined , set distance apart , a distance of 50 ... surveys Problem - based rapid surveys let managers know where the problems are and can guide trail location , design ...
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... surveys In contrast to rapid surveys is permanent point surveys ( Table 7.6 ) . They are time - consuming because of the need to locate , permanently mark and relocate each survey point . These points may be randomly distributed ...
... surveys In contrast to rapid surveys is permanent point surveys ( Table 7.6 ) . They are time - consuming because of the need to locate , permanently mark and relocate each survey point . These points may be randomly distributed ...
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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