Environmental Issues of Tourism and Recreation
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Book Description
This innovative and thoroughly interdisciplinary book discusses the environmental impact of tourism and recreation. These issues are not observed in a vacuum, but rather in the holistic context of the relationships and interactions between other non-tourist factors that also shape the ecosystem. "Environmental Issues of Tourism and Recreation" is divided into three parts: environmental impacts on tourism and tourists; the positive and negative impact of tourism on the natural environment; and suggestions on how to minimize the unfavorable effects of tourism on nature in the attempt at making tourism environmentally sustainable. Contents: Environmental Impacts on Tourism and Tourists; External (Nontourist) Human Impacts on Natural Environment as Part of the Tourism Product; The Positive Impacts of Tourism and Recreation on Natural Environment; The Negative Impacts of Tourism and Recreation on Environment: Parameters, Agents, and Factors of Overdevelopment; The Negative Impact of Tourism and Recreation on Elements of the Environmental System; The Negative Impact of Tourism and Recreation on Ecosystems; The Issue of Carrying Capacity; The Search for Environmentally Sustainable Tourism; Environmental Planning and Management of Tourism and Recreation; Ecotourism as a Form of Alternative Tourism; Conclusions.
About the Author
Zbigniew Mieczkowski was Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Manitoba.
Environmental Issues of Tourism and Recreation,Zbigniew Mieczkowski,University Press of America,0819199958,Business / Economics / Finance,Environmental aspects,Industries - General,Nature/Ecology,Outdoor recreation,Tourism,Conservation of the environment,Non-Classifiable,Pollution & threats to the environment,Tourism industry
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