TY - BOOK AU - Higham,James E.S. TI - Critical issues in ecotourism: understanding a complex tourism phenomenon SN - 0750668784 AV - G156.5.E26 C74 2007 U1 - 338.4/791 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Amsterdam, Boston PB - Butterworth-Heinemann KW - Ecotourism KW - Environmental aspects KW - Tourism KW - Research N1 - 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 ER -