The amenity migrants : seeking and sustaining mountains and their cultures /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Amenity migration > Environmental aspects.; Mountains.; Human ecology.; Amenity migration.; Mountain ecology.; Recreation areas > Environmental aspects.; Environmental degradation.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Land Resources.; Pollution and Degradation.; Housing and Settlement.; Demography.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Recreational Facilities and Management, (New March 2000); Tourism and Travel.; Man.; Amenity and recreation areas.; Environmental impact.; Housing.; Management.; Migration.; Motivation.; Mountain areas.; Outdoor recreation.; Sustainability.; Tourism.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book describes and analyses the challenges and opportunities of amenity migration to mountain areas and its management, and offers related recommendations. The book's chapters cover the subject through case studies at international, regional and local levels, along with overarching themes such as environmental sustainability and equity, mountain recreation users, housing, and spiritual motivation. Crucial issues addressed are the relationship of amenity migration to tourism and migration motivated by economic gain. Part I (chapters 1-3) describes and analyses key aspects of the amenity migration phenomenon that arch across specific place experiences, while chapters 4-20 are organized geographically, covering amenity migration in the Americas (part II), in Europe (part III), and in the Asia Pacific region (part IV). Chapter 21 concludes by bringing all the information together and focusing on the future of amenity-led migration. The book has a subject index.