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Titolo: |
River tourism / / edited by Bruce Prideaux and Malcolm Cooper
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Pubblicazione: | Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, : CABI, c2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.4/791091693 |
Soggetto topico: | River tourism |
Ecotourism | |
Altri autori: |
PrideauxB (Bruce)
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 Frontier |
10 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | River 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | River tourism ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-282-07043-6 |
9786612070433 | |
1-84593-469-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910446324403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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