Tourism and development in mountain regions /

This book discusses the importance of mountain regions and the precariousness of mountain tourism in the context of ecosystem and cultural conservation. 14 case studies from around the world of mountain tourism coexisting with environmental sustainability and community well-being are included. An in...

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Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000.
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245 0 0 |a Tourism and development in mountain regions /  |c edited by Pamela M. Godde, The Mountain Institute, Franklin, West Virginia, USA, Martin F. Price, Mountain Regions and Conservation Programme, Environmental Change Unit, University of Oxford, UK and Friedrich M. Zimmermann, Department of Geography, University of Graz, Austria. 
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505 0 # |a Tourism and Development in Mountain Regions : Moving Forward into the New Millennium / Pamela M. Godde, Martin F. Price and Friedrich M. Zimmermann -- Environmental Management for Alpine Tourism and Resorts in Australia / Ralf C. Buckley, Catherine M. Pickering and Jan Warnken -- Recreation Resource Assessment and Monitoring Techniques for Mountain Regions / Christopher Monz -- Conservation and Development in Greek Mountain Areas / Georgia Valaoras -- Tourism in Bioregional Context : Approaching Ecosystemic Practice in the S̆umava, Czech Republic / Laurence A.G. Moss, Jan Tĕs̆itel, Frantis̆ek Zemek, Michael Bartos̆, Drahomíra Kus̆ová and Michael Her̆man - Mountain Culture as a Tourism Resource : Aboriginal Views on the Privileges of Storytelling / Robert E. Pfister -- The Economic Impacts of Different Types of Tourism in Upland and Mountain Areas of Europe / Patrick Snowdon, Bill Slee and Helen Farr -- The Economic Impacts of Ecotourism : Conflicts and Solutions in Highland Mexico / David Barkin -- Mountain Tourism and Public Policy in Nepal / L. Rory MacLellan, Peter U.C. Dieke and Bhim Kumari Thapa -- The Role of the Community in Relation to the Tourism Industry : a Case Study from Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia / Janet Cochrane -- Community-based Tourism for Conservation and Women's Development / Wendy Brewer Lama -- Too Much Too Fast : Lessons from Nepal's Lost Kingdom of Mustang / Chandra P. Gurung and Maureen A. DeCoursey -- Mongolia's Tourism Development Race : Case Study from the Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park / Alan Saffery -- Amenity Migration in the Sumava Bioregion, Czech Republic : Implications for Ecological Integrity / Romella S. Glorioso -- Amenity Migration and Tourism in the Eastern Highlands Bioregion of Zimbabwe : Policy Planning and Management Considerations / Desideria Tonderayi -- Strategy for Future Mountain Tourism / Laurence A.G. Moss and Pamela M. Godde. 
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520 3 # |a This book discusses the importance of mountain regions and the precariousness of mountain tourism in the context of ecosystem and cultural conservation. 14 case studies from around the world of mountain tourism coexisting with environmental sustainability and community well-being are included. An integrated approach to mountain-based tourism, which balances the needs of local communities, tourists and environmental conservation, is presented. 
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588 # # |a Title from PDF title page (viewed August 29, 2013). 
650 # 0 |a Tourism. 
650 # 0 |a Mountains  |x Recreational use. 
650 # 0 |a Mountain ecology. 
650 # 4 |a Environmental Economics, (Discontinued March 2000) 
650 # 4 |a Land Resources. 
650 # 4 |a Tourism and Travel. 
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650 # 7 |a Conservation.  |2 cabt 
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650 # 7 |a Environmental impact.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Mountain areas.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Sustainability.  |2 cabt 
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700 1 # |a Zimmermann, Friedrich,  |e editor of compilation. 
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