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Stott, Tim / David Huddart. Adventure Tourism - Environmental Impacts and Management. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
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Tim Stott / David Huddart

Adventure Tourism

Environmental Impacts and Management
  • Springer International Publishing
  • 2019
  • Taschenbuch
  • 508 Seiten
  • ISBN 9783030186227

This textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of adventure tourism and how these can be best managed. This volume follows on from the authors previous textbook ¿ ¿Outdoor Recreation: Environmental Impacts and Management¿ and continues the aim of developing a deeper understanding of how tourist numbers impact the environment and to provide practical solutions to these problems. Combining their own first-hand experience and research with extensive literature review the authors' present several popular adventure tourism destinations from across the globe, including the Arctic, the Himalayas, Africa, Australia and Scotland as case studies. Chapters cover the particular challenges faced by each

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region: including impacts on animals and birds; the spread of invasive plant species and diseases; trail impacts on vegetation; impacts on geological, historical and archaeological sites and pollution and waste issues. A discussion and evaluation of the possible management actions for minimising these impacts and how outdoor recreation tourists can be regulated concludes each chapter. This practical and engaging textbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of adventure tourism and outdoor recreation as well as practitioners and managers working in the field.

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