1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910800052203321

Titolo

Drive tourism : trends and emerging markets / / edited by Bruce Prideaux and Dean Carson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-134-00787-6

1-134-00788-4

1-283-04561-3

9786613045614

0-203-88039-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Advances in tourism ; ; 17

Altri autori (Persone)

CarsonDean Bradley

PrideauxB (Bruce)

Disciplina

796.7

Soggetti

Automobile travel

Tourism

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I International trends; 1 The structure and role of drive tourism; 2 Managing the transition from coach- to car-based markets: The search for commercial value in Australia's Flinders Ranges; 3 Golden Week: Driving for pleasure in Japan; 4 'Los hermanos' visiting the south region of Brazil: A comparison between drive tourists and coach tourists from Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay; 5 Realising the value of self-drive day trips to Lower Austria

6 Self-drive tourism in South Africa with specific emphasis on caravanning7 The role of automobile associations and clubs; 8 The growth and structure of drive tourism in China; 9 Self-drive tourism in China; Part II Modes of transport; 10 The importance of the mode of transport in self-drive tourism; 11 Information and communications technology (ICT) and the challenge of sustainable self-drive tourism; 12 Tourism and leisure motorcycle riding; 13 The influence of international tourists' travel patterns on rental car fleet management in New Zealand



14 Highways and byways: Car-based tourism in the US15 Why we travel this way: An exploration into the motivations of recreational vehicle users; 16 Understanding changes in the caravanning sector: A case study; 17 Four-wheel-drive tourism in desert Australia: The charge of the 'might brigade'?; 18 Driving the desert: Profiling four-wheel-drive visitors; Part III Managing the drive market; 19 Mapping the road: Developing the cognitive mapping methodology for accessing road trip memories; 20 International tourists and road safety

21 Touring routes - types, successes and failures: An international review22 The Savannah Way: Developing a successful touring route; 23 Barriers to and benefits of clustering in drive tourism markets: The case of the Rainforest Way; 24 Managing park roads and scenic driving using indicators and standards-based frameworks; 25 Drive tourism: A view from the road; 26 What now?: Concluding remarks; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the post World War Two boom in private automobile ownership, Drive Tourism has transformed the tourism landscape by facilitating dispersal and the growth of attractions and tourism related infrastructure beyond the zones that had previously emerged around seaports and railway terminals. The automobile has made regional dispersal possible and created opportunities for many small rural communities to supplement rural economies with a tourism economy. Drive Tourism is a popular form of tourism activity that has significantly contributed to the development of Tourism in many nations, but



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817814003321

Autore

Pickett Raymond

Titolo

The cross in Corinth : the social significance of the death of Jesus / / Raymond Pickett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1997]

©1997

ISBN

1-283-19695-6

9786613196958

0-567-34627-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 143

Disciplina

227/.206

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Sheffield.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-221) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; TOWARDS A CONTEXTUAL READING OF PAUL'S REFERENCES TO THE DEATH OF JESUS; Chapter 2; THE CROSS AND CHRISTIAN UNITY: 1 CORINTHIANS 1-4; Chapter 3; THE CROSS AND MORAL DISCOURSE IN 1 CORINTHIANS 5-14; Chapter 4; FUNCTIONS OF PAUL'S REFERENCES TO THE DEATH OF JESUS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 4.7-5.19; Chapter 5; THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DEATH OF JESUS: 2 CORINTHIANS 10-13; Epilogue; CHRIST CRUCIFIED AND THE CORINTHIAN COMMUNITY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Pickett explores how Paul appealed to the death of Jesus in the Corinthian correspondence in order to promote a community ethos and ethic consistent with the ideals and values it symbolized. In so doing, Paul was responding to interpersonal conflicts within the community and criticisms of his ministry-criticisms he saw as founded on Graeco-Roman cultural values of the cultivated elite. His consistent emphasis on the weakness of the cross served to critique social expressions of power in Corinth. More constructively, Paul attempted to secure conduct befitting the gospel by invoking the death of



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910563060503321

Autore

Kessler Stephan

Titolo

Erzähltechniken und Informationsvergabe in Vasilij Aksenovs Ožog, Zolotaja naša železka und Poiski žanra / Stephan Kessler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt a.M, : PH02, 1998

Edizione

[1st, New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (509 p.) : , EPDF

Collana

Slavistische Beiträge ; 373

Soggetti

Language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Nota di contenuto

Das Егzählkonzept und seine Konstituenten - Die Informationsvergabe - Der Roman Ožog (1969-1975) - Zwei weitere Entwicklungen

Sommario/riassunto

In der Reihe Slavistische Beiträge werden vor allem slavistische Dissertationen des deutschsprachigen Raums sowie vereinzelt auch amerikanische, englische und russische publiziert. Darüber hinaus stellt die Reihe ein Forum für Sammelbände und Monographien etablierter Wissenschafter/innen dar.