Volcano and geothermal tourism : sustainable geo-resources for leisure and recreation / / edited by Patricia Erfurt-Cooper and Malcolm Cooper

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/75521
• Soggetto topico: Ecotourism; Geotourism; Volcanoes; Geothermal resources
• Altri autori: CooperMalcolm Erfurt-CooperPatricia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Volcano and Geothermal Tourism; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1. Introduction: P. Erfurt-Cooper; Part II: Africa; Chapter 2. Africa's Great Volcanoes of the Albertine Rift Valley: A. K. Sanga-Ngoie; Chapter 3. Volcano Tourism in Ethiopia and the Danakil Rift Zone: J. Edelmann and R. Roscoe; Case Study 1. Reunion Island, France - Piton de la Fournaise Volcano: H. Gaudru; Case Study 2. Cape Verde Islands: H. Gaudru ; Case Study 3. East Africa - Volcanoes, Glaciers and Safari Parks: M. CooperPart III: The Americas; Chapter 4. The Lure of Lava Tubes: Exploring Lava Tube Tourism on the Big Island of Hawai'i: L. M. King; Chapter 5. Geotourism and Public Safety in Volcanic Environments: T. W. Heggie; Chapter 6. On the Economics and Social Typology of Volcano Tourism with Special Reference to Montserrat, West Indies: N. Petford, J. Fletcher and Y. Morakabati; Chapter 7. Volcano Tourism - Central and South American Examples: H. Gaudru ; Case Study 4. The Cascades - Connecting Canada and the United States: M. CooperCase Study 5. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: M. Cooper; Case Study 6. The Galapagos Islands - Volcanoes and Wildlife: M. Cooper; Case Study 7. Death by Volcanic Laze: T. W. Heggie, T. M. Heggie and T. J. Heggie; Case Study 8. Alaska's Volcanoes - The Aleutian Arc and Wilderness: M. Cooper; Case Study 9. Active Volcanoes in Mexico as Tourist Destinations: M. Cooper; Part IV: Asia ; Chapter 8. The Need for a Planning Framework to Preserve the Wilderness Values of Sibayak Volcano, North Sumatra, Indonesia: D. NewsomeChapter 9. Volcano and Geothermal Tourism in Kyushu, Japan: P. Erfurt-Cooper; Chapter 10. Volcano and Geothermal Tourism in Japan - Examples from Honshu and Hokkaido: M. Cooper; Chapter 11. Jeju: South Korea's Premier Island Geotourism Destination: K. S. Woo, Y. K. Sohn and L. M. King; Chapter 12. Volcano Tourism in Iran: Mt Damavand, the Highest Peak in the Middle East: K. Vafadari; Chapter 13. Volcano Tourism in the Philippines: J. Edelmann ; Case Study 10. Challenging Destinations - The World Heritage Listed Volcanoes of Kamchatka: H. GaudruCase Study 11. Krakatau, Indonesia, a Volcano with a History: M. Cooper; Case Study 12. Geothermal Attractions and Active Volcanoes in China: M. Cooper; Part V: Europe; Chapter 14. Emerging Volcano and Geothermal Related Tourism in Iceland: R. Dowling; Chapter 15. Volcano Tourism and its Influence on the Territory of Mt Etna (Italy) - Explored with Digressions to Stromboli (Italy): A. Struck ; Chapter 16. Under the Volcano - Can Sustainable Tourism Development be Balanced with Risk Management?: J. Karkut
• Sommario/riassunto: There are over 1300 active volcanoes worldwide and many more dormant or extinct. Some are developed as tourist destinations; others are not, but have great potential. Mount Fuji in Japan attracts over 100 million visitors per year and has immense cultural and spiritual significance, while a number of volcanic areas in national parks, for example Teide in Spain, Yellowstone in the US, Vesuvius in Italy and Tongariro in New Zealand, attract between one to four million tourists each year. In the last decade the designation of nearly 50 geoparks around the world has highlighted their potential for
• Titolo autorizzato: Volcano and geothermal tourism
• ISBN: 1-136-54089-X; 1-136-54090-3; 1-282-72655-2; 9786612726552; 1-84977-518-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784946703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II