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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784124303321

Titolo

Environmental impacts of ecotourism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ralf Buckley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-280-86634-9

9786610866342

0-85199-060-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

Ecotourism book series ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

BuckleyRalf

Disciplina

577.27

Soggetti

Ecotourism - Environmental aspects

Ecotourism

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

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 Impacts Positive and Negative: Links Between Ecotourism and Environment; 2 The Cost of Getting There: Impacts of Travel to Ecotourism Destinations; 3 Impacts of Tourism-related In-migration: the Greater Yellowstone Region; 4 Impacts of Hiking and Camping on Soils and Vegetation: a Review; 5 Environmental Impacts Associated with Recreational Horse-riding; 6 Environmental Impacts of Motorized Off-highway Vehicles; 7 Impacts of Tour boats in Marine Environments; 8 Impacts of Recreational Power-boating on Freshwater Ecosystems

9 Ecological Impacts of Tourism in Terrestrial Polar Ecosystems 10 Ecological Impacts and Management of Tourist Engagements with Cetaceans; 11 Impacts of Ecotourism on Birds; 12 Impacts of Ecotourism on Terrestrial Wildlife; 13 Environmentally Sustainable Trail Management; 14 Managing Impacts of Camping; 15 Visitor Perceptions of Recreation-related Resource Impacts; 16 Managing Impacts of Ecotourism Through Use Rationing and Allocation; 17 Using Ecological Impact Measurements to Design Visitor Management; 18 Reducing Impacts Through Interpretation, Lamington National Park

19 Campsite Impacts in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA 20 The Role of Tourism in Spreading Dieback Disease in Australian Vegetation; 21 Instream Bacteria as a Low-threshold Management Indicator of Tourist



Impacts in Conservation Reserves; 22 Four-wheel Drive Vehicle Impacts in the Central Coast Region of Western Australia; 23 Ecological Impacts of Ecotourist Visitation on Macroalgal Beds in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve; 24 Understanding Use and Users at Itatiaia National Park, Brazil; 25 Impacts and Management of Hikers in Kavkazsky State Biosphere Reserve, Russia; Conclusions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

All forms of tourism have impacts on the natural environment. The impacts of ecotourism tend to be concentrated in areas of highest conservation value, hence the need to manage and minimize these.