Critical issues in ecotourism : understanding a complex tourism phenomenon /
Critical issues in ecotourism : understanding a complex tourism phenomenon /
James Higham (ed.).
- 1st ed.
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.
- xvii, 439 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ecotourism : competing and conflicting schools of thought / Definition paradoxes : from concept to definition / Ecotourism as a Western construct / Ecotourism and global environmental change / Ecotourism, energy use, and the global climate : widening the local perspective / Biosecurity and ecotourism / Ecotourism : pondering the paradoxes / Against the current : striving for ethical ecotourism / The role of sustainable tourism in international development : prospects for economic growth, alleviation of poverty and environmental conservation / Ecotourism and gender issues / Ecotourism, CSR and the fourth dimension of sustainability / Scaling ecotourism : the role of scale in understanding the impacts of ecotourism / Defining critical habitats : the spatio-ecological approach to managing tourism-wildlife interactions / Ecotourism and wildlife habituation / Ecotourism and biodiversity conservation in Asia : institutional challenges and opportunities / Indigenous ecotourism : conservation and resource rights / Indigenous perspectives on ecotourism in Nepal : the Ghale Kharka-Sikles and Sirubari experience / China : ecotourism and cultural tourism, harmony or dissonance? / Ecotourism certification : potential and challenges / Negotiating the obstacles : owner/operator perspectives on 'nature' tourism in New Zealand / Ecotourism : which school of thought should prevail? / James Higham -- Peter Björk -- Erlet Cater -- Stefan Gössling -- Susanne Becken and Matthias Schellhorn -- C. Michael Hall -- James Higham and Michael Lück -- Agnes M. Nowaczek, Cesar Moran-Cahusac and David A. Fennell -- Megan Epler Wood -- Regina Scheyvens -- Pamela Wright -- C. Michael Hall -- James Higham and David Lusseau -- Eric J. Shelton and James Higham -- Janet Cochrane -- Heather Zeppel -- Sanjay K. Nepal -- Trevor Sofield and Fung Mei Sarah Li -- Xavier Font -- Anna Carr -- James Higham.
0750668784 9780750668781
Ecotourism.
Ecotourism--Environmental aspects.
Tourism--Research.
G156.5.E26 / C74 2007
338.4/791
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ecotourism : competing and conflicting schools of thought / Definition paradoxes : from concept to definition / Ecotourism as a Western construct / Ecotourism and global environmental change / Ecotourism, energy use, and the global climate : widening the local perspective / Biosecurity and ecotourism / Ecotourism : pondering the paradoxes / Against the current : striving for ethical ecotourism / The role of sustainable tourism in international development : prospects for economic growth, alleviation of poverty and environmental conservation / Ecotourism and gender issues / Ecotourism, CSR and the fourth dimension of sustainability / Scaling ecotourism : the role of scale in understanding the impacts of ecotourism / Defining critical habitats : the spatio-ecological approach to managing tourism-wildlife interactions / Ecotourism and wildlife habituation / Ecotourism and biodiversity conservation in Asia : institutional challenges and opportunities / Indigenous ecotourism : conservation and resource rights / Indigenous perspectives on ecotourism in Nepal : the Ghale Kharka-Sikles and Sirubari experience / China : ecotourism and cultural tourism, harmony or dissonance? / Ecotourism certification : potential and challenges / Negotiating the obstacles : owner/operator perspectives on 'nature' tourism in New Zealand / Ecotourism : which school of thought should prevail? / James Higham -- Peter Björk -- Erlet Cater -- Stefan Gössling -- Susanne Becken and Matthias Schellhorn -- C. Michael Hall -- James Higham and Michael Lück -- Agnes M. Nowaczek, Cesar Moran-Cahusac and David A. Fennell -- Megan Epler Wood -- Regina Scheyvens -- Pamela Wright -- C. Michael Hall -- James Higham and David Lusseau -- Eric J. Shelton and James Higham -- Janet Cochrane -- Heather Zeppel -- Sanjay K. Nepal -- Trevor Sofield and Fung Mei Sarah Li -- Xavier Font -- Anna Carr -- James Higham.
0750668784 9780750668781
Ecotourism.
Ecotourism--Environmental aspects.
Tourism--Research.
G156.5.E26 / C74 2007
338.4/791