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UNINA9910446324403321 |
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Titolo |
River tourism / / edited by Bruce Prideaux and Malcolm Cooper |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, : CABI, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-07043-6 |
9786612070433 |
1-84593-469-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PrideauxB (Bruce) |
CooperMalcolm <1946-> |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introducing River Tourism: Physical, Ecological and Human Aspects; 2 River Tourism in the South Asian Subcontinent; 3 River-based Tourism in the USA: Tourism and Recreation on the Colorado and Mississippi Rivers; 4 The Mekong: Developing a New Tourism Region; 5 River Tourism: Sailing the Nile; 6 European Waterways as a Source of Leisure and Recreation; 7 The Yangzi River Tourism Zone; 8 Fishing the 'Big Rivers' in Australia's Northern Territory: Market Diversification for the Daly River; 9 The Amazon: a River Tourism Frontier |
10 River Heritage: the Murray-Darling River11 White-water Tourism; 12 Basin-based Governance for Integrated Water Resources Management: Prospects and Challenges; 13 Sustainable Water Resources and Water Security; 14 'The River City'? Conflicts in the Development of a Tourism Destination Brand for Brisbane; 15 Conclusions and Challenges; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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River tourism accounts for a significant proportion of the world's tourism consumption, with activities such as Nile cruises and rafting holidays making it an economically important area of tourism. This book explores river tourism from a range of perspectives including uses, heritage, management, environmental concerns, and marketing. |
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