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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815758003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., 2000
• ISBN: 1-280-81166-8; 9786610811663; 0-85199-915-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• 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
• 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.