Format:
1 online resource (279 pages)
ISBN:
9780754676218
Content:
This book offers conceptual and practical insights into the complex interactions between ecotourism and the natural environment, with consideration given to government policy, marketing by suppliers, consumer behaviour and visitor/environmental management. Illustrated by international case studies the roles of and interplay between tour operators, their clients, resource managers and local communities are examined. This creates a comprehensive and insightful overview of the factors that work for and against the achievement of environmental sustainability in and through ecotourism. The result is a critical examination of ecotourism and environmental sustainability that highlights ideas for best practice and proposes new directions for future research.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- PART 1 The Context of Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability -- 1 Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability: An Introduction -- 2 An Introduction to Tourism-Environment Relationships -- 3 Thinking Globally about Ecotourism Impact: The Contribution of Ecological Footprint Analysis -- PART 2 Thematic Case Studies -- 4 A Comparative Study of Tourism Impacts on Alpine Ecosystems in the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Nepaland the Huascarán National Park, Peru -- 5 Tourism, Local Community and Natural Resources: Tourism Impact Assessment and Tourism Management Analysis in the Jiuzhaigou Biosphere Reserve, China -- 6 Environmental Sustainability and Cruise Tourism in Arctic Canada -- 7 Managing Bear-Viewing to Minimize Human Impacts on the Species in Alaska -- 8 Pugmarks, Tyre-Tracks and Footprints: The Actual and Potential Roles of Ecotourism in Protecting Wild Tigers in India -- 9 Managing Wildlife for People or People for Wildlife? A Case Study of Dingoes and Tourism on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia -- 10 Kohlberg: A Theoretical Framework for Informing Seal-Viewing Behaviour at the Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand -- 11 Can the Conservation Attitudes and Behavioural Intentions of Tourists to Tropical Forest be Improved through Biodiversity Interpretation? A Case Study from Australia -- 12 Broadening the View of Ecotourism: Botanic Gardens in Less Developed Countries -- PART 3 The Future for Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability -- 13 Exploding the Myth of Ecotourism -- 14 Conclusion: Lessons Learnt and Ways Forward -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780754672623
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ecotourism and environmental sustainability Farnham [u.a.] : Ashgate, 2009 ISBN 9780754672623
Additional Edition:
Print version Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability : Principles and Practice
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
,
Geography
Keywords:
Ökotourismus
;
Ökotourismus
;
Sanfter Tourismus
;
Umweltverträglichkeit
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Naturschutz
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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