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Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management. Ecotourism Book Series, Volume 1.
Title:
Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management. Ecotourism Book Series, Volume 1.
Author:
Buckley, R.
ISBN:
9780851999746
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Contents:
Contributors -- Preface -- 1 The Practice and Politics of Tourism and Land Management -- 2 Nature-based Tourism and Sustainability: Issues and Approaches -- 3 Sustainable Tourism: World Trends and Challenges Ahead -- 4 Private Reserves: the Conservation Corporation Africa Model -- 5 Applying Public-purpose Marketing in the USA to Protect Relationships with Public Lands -- 6 The Financial Liability of Park Managers for Visitor Injuries -- 7 Visitor Fees, Tour Permits and Asset and Risk Management by Parks Agencies: Australian Case Study -- 8 The Net Economic Benefits of Recreation and Timber Production in Selected New South Wales Native Forests -- 9 Moving Nearer to Heaven: Growth and Change in the Greater Yellowstone Region, USA -- 10 Visitor-impact Data in a Land-management Context -- 11 Small Recreational and Tourist Vessels in Inshore Coastal Areas: a Characterization of Types of Impacts -- 12 Establishing Best-practice Environmental Management: Lessons from the Australian Tour-boat Industry -- 13 Impacts of Nature Tourism on the Mount Kosciuszko Alpine Area, Australia -- 14 Ecological Change as a Result of Winter Tourism: Snow Manipulation in the Australian Alps -- 15 A Method for Calculating Environmental Sensitivity to Walker Trampling in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area -- 16 Modelling Potential for Nature-based Tourism -- 17 Contributions of Non-consumptive Wildlife Tourism to Conservation -- 18 Balancing Conservation and Visitation in Protected Areas -- 19 Conclusions -- Index.
Abstract:
This volume looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism and its effects on land managers. It discusses the importance of links and partnerships, as well as the conflicts, between commercial tourism interests and land management agencies.
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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