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Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management : Insights from the Natural and Social Sciences.
Title:
Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management : Insights from the Natural and Social Sciences.
Author:
Higham, J.
ISBN:
9781845933470
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (423 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- List of Appendices -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management: In Search of Scientific Approaches to Sustainability -- Part I. Demand for Marine Wildlife Tourism -- 2 Marine Wildlife Tours: Benefits for Participants -- 3 Shark! A New Frontier in Tourist Demand for Marine Wildlife -- 4 Tourist Interactions with Sharks -- 5 Human-Polar Bear Interactions in Churchill, Manitoba: The Socio-ecological Perspective -- 6 Specialization of Whale Watchers in British Columbia Waters -- 7 Captive Marine Wildlife: Benefits and Costs of Aquaria and Marine Parks -- Part II. The Impacts of Tourist Interactions with Marine Wildlife -- 8 The Economic Impacts of Marine Wildlife Tourism -- 9 Effects of Human Disturbance on Penguins: The Need for Site- and Species-specific Visitor Management Guidelines -- 10 Impacts of Tourism on Pinnipeds and Implications for Tourism Management -- 11 Understanding the Impacts of Noise on Marine Mammals -- 12 Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Tourists as Easy Targets -- Part III. The Legislative and Ethical Contexts -- 13 Marine Wildlife Tourism Management: Mandates and Protected Area Challenges -- 14 Marine Wildlife Tourism and Ethics -- 15 Protecting the Ocean by Regulating Whale Watching: The Sound of One Hand Clapping -- 16 Wildlife and Tourism in Antarctica: A Unique Resource and Regime for Management -- Part IV. Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management -- 17 Managing the Whale- and Dolphin-watching Industry: Time for a Paradigm Shift -- 18 Managing Marine Wildlife Experiences: The Role of Visitor Interpretation Programmes -- 19 Marine Wildlife Viewing: Insights into the Significance of the Viewing Platform -- 20 New Frontiers in Marine Wildlife Tourism: An International Overview of Polar Bear Tourism Management Strategies.

21 Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management: Scientific Approaches to Sustainable Management -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
Demonstrates that through scientific approaches to understanding and managing tourist interactions with marine wildlife, sustainable marine tourism can be achieved.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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