James Higham

Critical Issues in Ecotourism (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Critical Issues in Ecotourism seeks to shake the current stagnant literature on the subject of ecotourism out of a state of complacency. Drawing upon emerging insights provided by pre-eminent scholars in the field it identifies and comprehensively addresses current critical issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136412981
• Artikelnr.: 38247195

Autorenporträt

James Higham

Inhaltsangabe

1 - Ecotourism: Competing and conflicting schools of thought by James
Higham; Part I. Generic issues in ecotourism; 2 - Definition
paradoxes: From concept to definition by Peter Björk; 3 - Ecotourism as a
western construct by Erlet Cater; 4 - Ecotourism and Global Environmental
Change by Stefan Gössling; 5 - Ecotourism, energy use and the global
climate - widening the local perspective by Susanne Becken and Matthias
Schellhorn; 6 - Ecotourism and biosecurity by C. Michael Hall.; 7 -
Ecotourism: Pondering the paradoxes by James Higham and Michael Lûck; 8 -
Against the current: Striving for ethical ecotourism by Agnes Nowaczek,
Cesar Moran-Cahusac and David Fennell; 9 - The role of sustainable tourism
in international development: Prospects for economic growth, alleviation of
poverty, and environmental conservation by Megan Epler Wood; 10 -
Ecotourism and gender issues by Regina Scheyvens; 11 - Ecotourism, CSR, and
the fourth dimension of sustainability by Pam Wight; Part II. Critical
issues in ecotourism policy, planning and management; 12 - Scaling
Ecotourism: The role of scale in understanding the impacts of ecotourism by
C. Michael Hall; 13 - Defining critical habitats: The spatio-ecological
approach to managing tourism-wildlife interactions by James Higham and
David Lusseau; 14 - Ecotourism and wildlife habituation by Eric Shelton and
James Higham; 15 - Ecotourism and biodiversity conservation in Asia:
Institutional challenges and opportunities by Janet Cochrane; 16 -
Indigenous ecotourism: Conservation and resource rights by Heather Zeppel;
17 - Indigenous perspectives on ecotourism in Nepal: The Ghale
Kharka-Sikles and Sirubari experience by Sanjay K. Nepal; 18 - China:
Ecotourism and cultural tourism: Harmony or dissonance? By Trevor Sofield;
19 - Ecotourism certification: Potential and challenges by Xavier Font; 20
- Negotiating the obstacles: Owner/operator perspectives on 'nature'
tourism in New Zealand by Anna Carr; 21 - Critical issues in ecotourism:
Which school of thought should prevail? By James Higham