Critical issues in ecotourism : understanding a complex tourism phenomenon / James Higham (ed.).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 439 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0750668784
  • 9780750668781
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4/791 22
LOC classification:
  • G156.5.E26 C74 2007
Contents:
Ecotourism : competing and conflicting schools of thought / James Higham -- Definition paradoxes : from concept to definition / Peter Björk -- Ecotourism as a Western construct / Erlet Cater -- Ecotourism and global environmental change / Stefan Gössling -- Ecotourism, energy use, and the global climate : widening the local perspective / Susanne Becken and Matthias Schellhorn -- Biosecurity and ecotourism / C. Michael Hall -- Ecotourism : pondering the paradoxes / James Higham and Michael Lück -- Against the current : striving for ethical ecotourism / Agnes M. Nowaczek, Cesar Moran-Cahusac and David A. Fennell -- The role of sustainable tourism in international development : prospects for economic growth, alleviation of poverty and environmental conservation / Megan Epler Wood -- Ecotourism and gender issues / Regina Scheyvens -- Ecotourism, CSR and the fourth dimension of sustainability / Pamela Wright -- Scaling ecotourism : the role of scale in understanding the impacts of ecotourism / C. Michael Hall -- Defining critical habitats : the spatio-ecological approach to managing tourism-wildlife interactions / James Higham and David Lusseau -- Ecotourism and wildlife habituation / Eric J. Shelton and James Higham -- Ecotourism and biodiversity conservation in Asia : institutional challenges and opportunities / Janet Cochrane -- Indigenous ecotourism : conservation and resource rights / Heather Zeppel -- Indigenous perspectives on ecotourism in Nepal : the Ghale Kharka-Sikles and Sirubari experience / Sanjay K. Nepal -- China : ecotourism and cultural tourism, harmony or dissonance? / Trevor Sofield and Fung Mei Sarah Li -- Ecotourism certification : potential and challenges / Xavier Font -- Negotiating the obstacles : owner/operator perspectives on 'nature' tourism in New Zealand / Anna Carr -- Ecotourism : which school of thought should prevail? / James Higham.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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