Tim Gale

Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability (eBook, PDF)

Principles and Practice
Redaktion: Hill, Jennifer

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317146056
• Artikelnr.: 44991285

Autorenporträt

Dr Jennifer Hill, Deputy Head of Department, Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK and Tim Gale, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Geography, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The Context of Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability; Chapter 1 Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability: An Introduction
Tim Gale
Jennifer Hill; Chapter 2 An Introduction to Tourism-Environment Relationships
Andrew Holden; Chapter 3 Thinking Globally about Ecotourism Impact: The Contribution of Ecological Footprint Analysis
Colin Hunter; Part 2 Thematic Case Studies; Chapter 4 A Comparative Study of Tourism Impacts on Alpine Ecosystems in the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park
Nepal and the Huascarán National Park
Peru
Alton Byers; Chapter 5 Tourism
Local Community and Natural Resources: Tourism Impact Assessment and Tourism Management Analysis in the Jiuzhaigou Biosphere Reserve
China
Wenjun Li; Chapter 6 Environmental Sustainability and Cruise Tourism in Arctic Canada
Emma J. Stewart
Dianne Draper; Chapter 7 Managing Bear-Viewing to Minimize Human Impacts on the Species in Alaska
Terry D. DeBruyn
Tom S. Smith; Chapter 8 Pugmarks
Tyre-Tracks and Footprints: The Actual and Potential Roles of Ecotourism in Protecting Wild Tigers in India
Simon Evans; Chapter 9 Managing Wildlife for People or People for Wildlife? A Case Study of Dingoes and Tourism on Fraser Island
Queensland
Australia
Georgette Leah Burns; Chapter 10 Kohlberg: A Theoretical Framework for Informing Seal-Viewing Behaviour at the Kaikoura Peninsula
New Zealand
Davina Stanford; Chapter 11 Can the Conservation Attitudes and Behavioural Intentions of Tourists to Tropical Forest be Improved through Biodiversity Interpretation? A Case Study from Australia
Jennifer Hill
Georgie Gough; Chapter 12 Broadening the View of Ecotourism: Botanic Gardens in Less Developed Countries
Lucy A. Sutherland; Part 3 The Future for Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability; Chapter 13 Exploding the Myth of Ecotourism
Ken Simpson; Chapter 14 Conclusion: Lessons Learnt and Ways Forward
Jennifer Hill
Tim Gale;