Nature-based Tourism, Environment and Land Management

by Ralf C. Buckley, Catherine Pickering, David B. Weaver

Overview

Tourism based on natural environments is a huge international industry and this industry needs access to land with scenery, native plants and wildlife. In turn, land managers need money to maintain their land and its natural resources. This book looks at the economic, social and environmental consequences of nature-based tourism. It discusses the importance of links and partnerships, as well as the conflicts, between commercial tourism interests and land management agencies. Born from the Fenner conference on Nature Tourism and the Environment, held in Canberra, Australia, 2001, the book includes selected proceedings which have been refereed and substantially revised.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851997322
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	10/28/2003
Series:	Ecotourism Series , #1
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ralf C. Buckley

David B. Weaver received his PhD in Geography from the University of Western Ontario (Canada) in 1986. He is currently Professor of Tourism Research at Griffith University, Australia, and has published more than 120 journal articles, book chapters and books. He maintains an active research agenda in sustainable destination and protected area management, ecotourism, and resident perceptions of tourism. Current projects include investigating the willingness of protected area visitors to participate in site enhancement activities. Professor Weaver has published extensively in leading journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Travel Research and Journal of Sustainable Tourism. His widely adopted textbooks include Tourism Management (5th ed.) and Ecotourism (Wiley Australia), Encyclopedia of Ecotourism (CABI), and Sustainable Tourism: Theory and Practice (Taylor & Francis). He is a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and has delivered numerous invited international keynote addresses on innovative tourism management topics. He has worked with organizations such as UNWTO and PATA as an expert advisor.

Table of Contents

1. The practice and politics of tourism and land management

Editorial Reviews

",,,facilitators of graduate seminars on this subject could benefit from the controversies and richness of persepctives derived from many of these case studies."

Honggen Xiao

",,,facilitators of graduate seminars on this subject could benefit from the controversies and richness of persepctives derived from many of these case studies."

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