Ecotourism : Environment, Health, and Education

• Autore: Fang Wei-Ta
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, , 2024; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 pages)
• Disciplina: 338.4791
• Altri autori: HassanArba'at HorngMax
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Part I Orientation -- 1 Introduction to Ecotourism -- 1.1 What is Tourism? -- 1.2 The Relationship Between Tourism and the Economy -- 1.2.1 Tourism Depends on Economic Growth -- 1.2.2 Tourism Benefits Exceed Gross Production -- 1.2.3 Current Status of International Tourism -- 1.3 Development History of Ecotourism -- 1.3.1 Starting Period (1960s-1970s) -- 1.3.2 Gestation Period (1970s-1980s) -- 1.3.3 Formation Period (1980s-1990s) -- 1.3.4 Mature Period (1990s-2000s) -- 1.3.5 Vigorous Period (2001-) -- 1.4 Definition of Ecotourism -- 1.4.1 Environmental Protection and Community Orientation -- 1.4.2 Behavior and Norms -- 1.4.3 Market and Consumption Orientation -- 1.5 The Latest Issues of Ecotourism -- 1.5.1 Trends in the Era of Ecotourism -- 1.5.2 Issues Faced by Ecotourism -- 1.6 Summary -- References -- 2 Ecotourism Survey -- 2.1 Ecotourism Survey -- 2.1.1 Ecotourism Destinations and Routes -- 2.1.2 Applied Ecology -- 2.1.3 Applied Approaches -- 2.1.4 Analytical Contents -- 2.2 Ecological Survey Methods -- 2.2.1 Sampling Design for Direct Survey -- 2.2.2 Sampling Method for Survey -- 2.3 Summary -- References -- 3 Ecotourism Evaluation -- 3.1 How to Evaluate? -- 3.1.1 Establish Ecological Analysis Methods -- 3.1.2 Establish a Way to Create Documents -- 3.1.3 Social Survey of Ecotourism Destinations -- 3.2 Impact Assessment of Tourism Activities -- 3.2.1 Global Warming Impact -- 3.2.2 Regional Habitat Impact -- 3.3 Monitoring of Ecotourism Destination -- 3.4 Summary -- References -- 4 Planning and Design of Ecotourism Destination -- 4.1 Ecotourism Planning Theory -- 4.1.1 Inverted Triangle Path for Ecotourism -- 4.1.2 Impact Accessibility Curve for Ecotourism -- 4.1.3 Limit of Acceptable Change (LAC). ; 4.1.4 Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) -- 4.2 Analysis of Tourism Carry Capacity -- 4.2.1 Carrying Capacity -- 4.2.2 Environmental Carrying Capacity -- 4.2.3 Ecological Carrying Capacity -- 4.2.4 Travel Carrying Capacity -- 4.3 Designation of Ecotourism Sites -- 4.3.1 Designed According to Physical Environmental Capacity -- 4.3.2 Designed According to Sensitive Areas -- 4.4 Summary -- References -- Part II Action the Ways -- 5 Planning of Computer-Aided Designed Ecotourism -- 5.1 Planning of Ecotourism Destination -- 5.1.1 Geographic Information System -- 5.1.2 Simulated Drawing -- 5.2 Ecotourism Route Planning -- 5.2.1 Best Route Planning -- 5.2.2 Regional Ecotourism Route Planning -- 5.3 Summary -- References -- 6 Conservation and Restoration of Ecotourism Destinations -- 6.1 Concept of Oriental Philosophy -- 6.1.1 "Yang Zhu Type" "Self-Expression" School -- 6.1.2 The "Mozi Type" "Ecotourism is Impossible" School -- 6.1.3 The "Mencius-Type" Ecotourism School -- 6.2 Concepts of Western Philosophy -- 6.3 Concept of Species Conservation -- 6.3.1 Island Biogeographic Concept -- 6.3.2 Minimum Viable Population (MVP) -- 6.3.3 Population Viability Analysis (PVA) -- 6.4 Restoration of Ecotourism Destinations -- 6.4.1 Definition of Restoration -- 6.4.2 The Process of Restoration -- 6.4.3 Verification of Results of Restoration -- 6.4.4 Monitoring of Restoration -- 6.4.5 The Concept of Restoration of Public Trusts -- 6.5 Summary -- References -- 7 Ecotourism Planning and Management -- 7.1 Philosophical Basis of Ecotourism -- 7.2 Ecotourism Governance -- 7.2.1 Organization -- 7.2.2 Organizational Policy -- 7.2.3 Tourism Behavior Management -- 7.2.4 National Tour Guide and Team Leader -- 7.3 Ecotourism Project -- 7.3.1 Manpower Planning -- 7.3.2 Plan -- 7.3.3 Training Plan -- 7.3.4 Planning Workshop -- 7.3.5 Training Workshop -- 7.4 System Feedback. ; 7.4.1 Environmental Certification -- 7.4.2 Travel Safety -- 7.4.3 Characteristic Marketing in Tourist Destinations -- 7.4.4 Tourism Planning and Consulting -- 7.5 Summary -- References -- 8 Professional Education and Interpretation -- 8.1 Education of Professionals -- 8.2 Theory of Education and Research Development Process -- 8.2.1 Instructivism -- 8.2.2 Constructivism -- 8.2.3 Deconstructivism -- 8.3 Explain the Process of Personal Development -- 8.3.1 Environmental Education Center -- 8.3.2 The Education Plan -- 8.4 Summary -- References -- 9 Ecotourism Attractions -- 9.1 Definition of Tourist Attractions -- 9.1.1 Features of Scenic Spots -- 9.1.2 Types of Attractions -- 9.1.3 The Nature of the Attractions -- 9.2 Classification of Tourist Attractions -- 9.2.1 Establish a Natural Classification Model for Scenic Spots -- 9.2.2 Establish a Scenic Humane Classification Model -- 9.3 Location of Tourist Attractions -- 9.3.1 Recreational Succession -- 9.3.2 Urban-Rural Ecotourism -- 9.3.3 Water Ecotourism -- 9.3.4 Sea Ecotourism -- 9.3.5 Forest Ecotourism -- 9.3.6 Desert Ecotourism -- 9.3.7 Alpine Ecotourism -- 9.3.8 Polar Ecotourism -- 9.4 Research on the Paradigm of Tourist Attractions -- 9.4.1 Natural Science Research -- 9.4.2 Social Science Research -- 9.5 Summary -- References -- Part III Stakeholders Toward Sustainability -- 10 Tourism Economy and Community Development -- 10.1 Benefits of Ecotourism -- 10.1.1 Economic Benefits and Costs -- 10.1.2 Social Benefits and Costs -- 10.1.3 Product Life Cycle -- 10.2 Tourism Community Development -- 10.2.1 Community Leadership -- 10.2.2 Opinion Leaders -- 10.2.3 Community Participation -- 10.3 Summary -- References -- 11 Epilogue: The Future Ecotourism -- 11.1 Research Trends in Tourism Science -- 11.1.1 Research on Global Change -- 11.1.2 Biodiversity Research. ; 11.1.3 Research on the Socio-economic System -- 11.1.4 Tourism System Research -- 11.2 The Government's Mechanism for Promoting Ecotourism -- 11.2.1 The Central Competent Authority -- 11.2.2 The Competent Authority of the Target Business -- 11.2.3 Local Authorities -- 11.3 Non-governmental Actions to Promote Ecotourism -- 11.4 Avatar's Revelation -- References -- Appendix A Asteroid -- Appendix B Ecotourism Vocabulary.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ecotourism
• ISBN: 981-9990-97-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910831010403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sinophone and Taiwan Studies