LEADER 02893nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910446324403321 005 20230721005008.0 010 $a1-282-07043-6 010 $a9786612070433 010 $a1-84593-469-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000716097 035 $a(EBL)420664 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238784 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924911 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238784 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233925 035 $a(PQKB)11255867 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC420664 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL420664 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10281500 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207043 035 $a(OCoLC)319618099 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000716097 100 $a20080626d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRiver tourism$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Bruce Prideaux and Malcolm Cooper 210 $aWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK $cCABI$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84593-468-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Frontier 327 $a10 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; Index 330 $aRiver 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. 606 $aRiver tourism 606 $aEcotourism 615 0$aRiver tourism. 615 0$aEcotourism. 676 $a338.4/791091693 701 $aPrideaux$b B$g(Bruce)$0893316 701 $aCooper$b Malcolm$f1946-$0115772 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910446324403321 996 $aRiver tourism$92242364 997 $aUNINA