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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In terrestrial ecosystems an intimate associa- tion between plant roots and bacteria or fungi allows many species of plants to obtain additional nutrients under conditions of plant root competition , nutrient poverty and hostile ...
In terrestrial ecosystems an intimate associa- tion between plant roots and bacteria or fungi allows many species of plants to obtain additional nutrients under conditions of plant root competition , nutrient poverty and hostile ...
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This can be seen at a prime natural area tourism loca- tion , the Cairngorm Mountains in the UK . This 500,000 hectare mountainous region is a major recreation / tourism site in Scotland with infrastructure such as ski areas , mountain ...
This can be seen at a prime natural area tourism loca- tion , the Cairngorm Mountains in the UK . This 500,000 hectare mountainous region is a major recreation / tourism site in Scotland with infrastructure such as ski areas , mountain ...
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The advent of motor vehicles has placed many natural areas within easy reach of major popula- tion centres , while air travel means remote corners of the world are only a day away . Technology , and particularly lightweight camping and ...
The advent of motor vehicles has placed many natural areas within easy reach of major popula- tion centres , while air travel means remote corners of the world are only a day away . Technology , and particularly lightweight camping and ...
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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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