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OverviewEcotourism A Sustainable Option? Edited by Erlet Cater University of Reading, UK and Gwen Lowman Royal Geographical Society, UK Recent years have witnessed growing public and professional concern with environmental issues, including the fields of tourism and leisure. The adverse impacts of conventional mass tourism have led to demands for more environmentally sensitive approaches to tourist and leisure development. Increasing environmental awareness has also led to a rise in travel to destinations offering a wealth of unspoiled nature. These trends, broadly defined as ""ecotourism"", have produced one of the fastest growing and most hotly debated sectors in the tourism industry. This well-balanced and wide-ranging book provides the first overview of this key area, providing definitions, theoretical perspectives and detailed case studies, contributed by researchers, professionals and activists. This is an essential introduction to a dynamic and central topic in contemporary tourism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Erlet Cater (University of Reading, UK) , Gwen Lowman (Royal Geographical Society, London, UK) , Sir Crispin TickellPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.482kg ISBN: 9780471948964ISBN 10: 0471948969 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 30 September 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: ISSUES AND INTERESTS. Societal Change and the Growth in Alternative Tourism (R.Prosser). Environmentally Responsible Marketing of Tourism (P. Wight). Tourism: Environmental Relevance (R. Sisman). Ecotourism in the Third World--Problems and Prospects forSustainability (E. Cater). DESTINATION CASE STUDIES. Tourism and a European Strategy for the Alpine Environment (S.Khan). Ecotourism in Eastern Europe (D. Hall & V. Kinnaird). Ecotourism in the Caribbean Basin (D. Weaver). The Annapurna Conservation Area Project: A Pioneering Example ofSustainable Tourism? (C. Gurung & M. De Coursey). Ecotourism in Antarctica (B. Stonehouse). Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationErlet Cater and Gwen Lowman are the authors of Ecotourism: A Sustainable Option?, published by Wiley. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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