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 86
... trampling impact . Liddle ( 1997 ) provides a useful summary of the resistance of different plant communities to trampling by walkers ( Figure 3.6 ) . The importance of this data is in its depiction of the different sensitivities of the ...
... trampling impact . Liddle ( 1997 ) provides a useful summary of the resistance of different plant communities to trampling by walkers ( Figure 3.6 ) . The importance of this data is in its depiction of the different sensitivities of the ...
Page 90
... trampling at a tropical rainforest site in Costa Rica was rapid with substantial recovery after two years . Such recovery is related to the rapid growth ability of many tropical rainforest species under conditions where most of the ...
... trampling at a tropical rainforest site in Costa Rica was rapid with substantial recovery after two years . Such recovery is related to the rapid growth ability of many tropical rainforest species under conditions where most of the ...
Page 118
... trampling on the non - branching massive coral Porites lutea showed damage accumulated over time depending on how much trampling took place . Liddle and Kay ( 1987 ) also reported that corals differ in terms of survival and recovery ...
... trampling on the non - branching massive coral Porites lutea showed damage accumulated over time depending on how much trampling took place . Liddle and Kay ( 1987 ) also reported that corals differ in terms of survival and recovery ...
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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