| Series |
Ecotourism book series ; no. 1
Ecotourism book series ; no. 1. ^A984304
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| Contents |
The Practice and Politics of Tourism and Land Management / Ralf Buckley -- Nature-based Tourism and Sustainability: Issues and Approaches / Catherine Pickering and David Bruce Weaver -- Sustainable Tourism: World Trends and Challenges Ahead / Eugenio Yunis -- Private Reserves: the Conservation Corporation Africa Model / Les Carlisle -- Applying Public-purpose Marketing in the USA to Protect Relationships with Public Lands / Alan E. Watson and William T. Blake -- The Financial Liability of Park Managers for Visitor Injuries / Jan McDonald -- Visitor Fees, Tour Permits and Asset and Risk Management by Parks Agencies: Australian Case Study / Ralf Buckley, Natasha Witting and Michaela Guest -- The Net Economic Benefits of Recreation and Timber Production in Selected New South Wales Native Forests / John Ward -- Moving Nearer to Heaven: Growth and Change in the Greater Yellowstone Region, USA / Jerry Johnson, Bruce Maxwell and Richard Aspinall -- Visitor-impact Data in a Land-management Context / Ralf Buckley and Narelle King -- Small Recreational and Tourist Vessels in Inshore Coastal Areas: a Characterization of Types of Impacts / Jan Warnken and Troy Byrnes -- Establishing Best-practice Environmental Management: Lessons from the Australian Tour-boat Industry / Troy Byrnes and Jan Warnken -- Impacts of Nature Tourism on the Mount Kosciuszko Alpine Area, Australia / Catherine Pickering, Stuart Johnston, Ken Green and Graeme Enders --Ecological Change as a Result of Winter Tourism: Snow Manipulation in the Australian Alps / Catherine PIckering and Wendy Hill -- A Method for Calculating Environmental Sensitivity to Walker Trampling in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area / Jennie Whinam, Nicole Chilcott, Roger Ling and Phil Wyatt -- Modelling Potential for Nature-based Tourism / Colin Arrowsmith -- Contributions of Non-consumptive Wildlife Tourism to Conservation / Karen Higginbottom, Andrew Tribe and Rosemary Booth -- Balancing Conservation and Visitation in Protected Areas / Robyn Bushell -- Conclusions / Ralf Buckley. |
| Summary |
This book 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. The book includes 15 technical chapters drawn from the Fenner Conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment, held in Canberra, Australia in 2001, plus 3 introductory chapters and a concluding chapter. The book is indexed. |
| General note | Papers presented at the Fenner Conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment, held in Canberra, Australia, 2001. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | English. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Fenner Conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment (2001 : Canberra, A.C.T.). Nature-based tourism, environment, and land management. Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA : CABI Pub., ©2003 0851997325 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Conference papers and proceedings. |
| ISBN | 0851999743 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9780851999746 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1280866209 |
| ISBN | 9781280866203 |
| ISBN | 9786610866205 |
| ISBN | 6610866201 |
| ISBN | (hardback ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (hardback ; alk. paper) |
