02893nam 2200589Ia 450 991044632440332120230721005008.01-282-07043-697866120704331-84593-469-5(CKB)1000000000716097(EBL)420664(SSID)ssj0000238784(PQKBManifestationID)11924911(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238784(PQKBWorkID)10233925(PQKB)11255867(MiAaPQ)EBC420664(Au-PeEL)EBL420664(CaPaEBR)ebr10281500(CaONFJC)MIL207043(OCoLC)319618099(EXLCZ)99100000000071609720080626d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRiver tourism[electronic resource] /edited by Bruce Prideaux and Malcolm CooperWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK CABIc20091 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84593-468-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Frontier10 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; IndexRiver 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.River tourismEcotourismRiver tourism.Ecotourism.338.4/791091693Prideaux B(Bruce)893316Cooper Malcolm1946-115772MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910446324403321River tourism2242364UNINA