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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451390303321

Titolo

Tourism and development in mountain regions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Pamela M. Godde, Martin F. Price, and Friedrich M. Zimmermann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., 2000

ISBN

1-280-81166-8

9786610811663

0-85199-915-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GoddePamela M

PriceMartin F

ZimmermanFriedrich M

Disciplina

338.477965

Soggetti

Mountain ecology

Mountains - Recreational use

Tourism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors; 1 Tourism and Development in Mountain Regions: Moving Forward into the New Millennium; 2 Environmental Management for Alpine Tourism and Resorts in Australia; 3 Recreation Resource Assessment and Monitoring Techniques for Mountain Regions; 4 Conservation and Development in Greek Mountain Areas; 5 Tourism in Bioregional Context: Approaching Ecosystemic Practice in the Sumava, Czech Republic; 6 Mountain Culture as a Tourism Resource: Aboriginal Views on the Privileges of Storytelling; 7 The Economic Impacts of Different Types of Tourism in Upland and Mountain Areas of Europe

8 The Economic Impacts of Ecotourism: Conflicts and Solutions in Highland Mexico9 Mountain Tourism and Public Policy in Nepal; 10 The Role of the Community in Relation to the Tourism Industry: a Case Study from Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia; 11 Community-based Tourism for Conservation and Women's Development; 12 Too Much Too Fast: Lessons from Nepal's Lost Kingdom of Mustang; 13



Mongolia's Tourism Development Race: Case Study from the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park; 14 Amenity Migration in the Sumava Bioregion, Czech Republic: Implications for Ecological Integrity

15 Amenity Migration and Tourism in the Eastern Highlands Bioregion of Zimbabwe: Policy Planning and Management Considerations16 Strategy for Future Mountain Tourism; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text discusses the importance of mountain regions, and the precariousness of mountain tourism in the context of ecosystem and cultural conservation. Case studies of mountain tourism existing along with environmental sustainability and community well-being are included.