Natural area tourism : ecology, impacts, and management / David Newsome, Susan A. Moore, and Ross K. Dowling.

ISBN:

9781873150245

9781873150252

Title:

Natural area tourism : ecology, impacts, and management / David Newsome, Susan A. Moore, and Ross K. Dowling.

Author:

Newsome, D. (David), 1951-

Personal Author:

Newsome, D. (David), 1951-

Publication Information:

Clevedon, Eng. : Channel View Publications, 2001.

Physical Description:

xii, 340 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Aspects of tourism ; 4

Series Title:

Aspects of tourism ; 4

General Note:

Different ISBNs on back cover and verso t.p.

Subject Term:

Tourism.

Tourism -- Environmental aspects.

Natural areas.

Added Author:

Moore, Susan A.

Dowling, Ross Kingston.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2001

2002

Publication Information:

Clevedon, Eng. : Channel View Publications, 2001.

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The book covers all facets of tourism in natural areas. The book is underpinned by a strong foundation of environmental understanding. It then describes the range of impacts, which occur when tourism takes place in the natural environment and illustrates how managers can plan, develop and appropriately manage tourism developments in natural areas. Finally, the book addresses ongoing management concerns such as monitoring environmental change and the need to introduce appropriate management strategies.

Author Notes

David Newsome is a lecturer in the School of Environmental Science at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. His research interests include the environmental impacts of tourism and recreation in national parks and nature reserves, birds as a focus for nature-based tourism, and the management of human-wildlife interactions
Susan A. Moore is a senior lecturer in the same department. Her research interests include human perceptions of the impacts of tourists, and planning, managing and monitoring tourism in naturalal areas
Ross K. Dowling is Associate Professor of Tourism and Head of the School of Marketing, Tourism & Leisure at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia. He is a foundation Executive Member of the Ecotourism Association of Australia, is Vice Chairperson of the Forum Advocating Cultural and Ecotourism in Western Australia, and is Treasurer of the Australian International Year of Ecotourism 2002 Organising Committee. His principal research interests focus on planning for tourism development in natural areas around the world

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Environmental scientists Newsome and Moore (both, Murdoch Univ., Western Australia) and Dowling (Edith Cowan Univ., Western Australia) deliver a much-anticipated second edition of Natural Area Tourism (1st ed., 2001). Through eight chapters, the authors focus on the "ecology, impacts and management" of tourism in natural, amenity-rich areas, seeking to highlight the synergistic relationship between tourism in these locations and the environment. The main impetus for the work is to showcase the fact that "with environmental understanding, informed management and an aware public, natural area tourism has the possibility of introducing people to the environment in an educative, ethical and exciting manner." Chapters, including "The Ecological Perspective," "Environmental Impacts," "Visitor Planning," "Management Strategies and Actions," and "Monitoring," among others, provide a good overview of their subjects. The book contains numerous international case studies and is chock-full of theoretical and practical implications. It is so well written that each paragraph, section, and chapter are seamless, and the reader hears a unified voice as he/she reads. Overall, a valuable resource for libraries with an extensive collection in tourism science and planning. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. K. M. Woosnam Texas A&M University

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
1 Introduction	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Natural Areas	p. 3
Approaches to nature	p. 4
Types of natural areas	p. 5
Tourism	p. 6
Tourists	p. 9
Types of tourism	p. 10
Natural Area Tourism	p. 11
Adventure tourism	p. 13
Nature based tourism	p. 13
Wildlife tourism	p. 14
Ecotourism	p. 14
Tourism's Impacts in Natural Areas	p. 19
Planning and Management	p. 20
Outline of the Book	p. 21
Further Reading	p. 23
2 The Ecological Perspective	p. 24
Introduction	p. 24
An Introduction to Ecosystems and Landscapes	p. 25
The structure of ecosystems	p. 28
Ecosystem function	p. 31
Ecological communities	p. 37
Disturbance and succession in ecosystems	p. 41
Landscape ecology	p. 45
Ecological Characteristics and Tourism in Different Types of Ecosystems	p. 51
Island ecosystems	p. 51
Coral reef ecosystems	p. 56
Tropical rain forests	p. 60
African savanna	p. 66
Tourism in modified and semi-natural ecosystems: the British countryside	p. 69
Wildlife as a Specific Component of Ecosystems	p. 72
A physiological response of ecological significance: stress	p. 73
Disturbance of normal feeding patterns as a result of food provisioning	p. 74
Tourist activity resulting in the avoidance of optimal resting and feeding areas	p. 75
Disturbance to feeding and the problem of opportunistic predation	p. 76
Disturbance of reproduction and maternal care	p. 76
The Philosophy of Ecosystem Tourism	p. 77
Further Reading	p. 78
3 Environmental Impacts	p. 79
Introduction	p. 79
Sources of impact	p. 83
Trampling	p. 84
Access roads and trails	p. 95
Use of built facilities and camp grounds	p. 101
Use of water edges	p. 111
Recreation and tourism in mountainous areas	p. 118
Recreation and tourism in and around caves	p. 121
The observation of wildlife	p. 124
The landscape matrix	p. 129
Cumulative impacts	p. 134
Social and economic perspectives	p. 135
Biophysical Impacts: A Case Study Off-Road Vehicle Driving	p. 138
The use of off-road vehicles as a recreational activity	p. 138
The spectrum of environmental impact	p. 138
Arctic-alpine environments	p. 140
Tropical environments	p. 141
Arid environments	p. 142
Conclusion	p. 143
Further Reading	p. 144
4 Visitor Planning	p. 146
Introduction	p. 146
Definition	p. 147
Reasons for visitor planning	p. 148
Planning as a value-laden activity	p. 150
Stakeholder Involvement in Visitor Planning	p. 150
Benefits and costs	p. 151
Techniques	p. 152
Planning Concepts	p. 153
Carrying capacity	p. 153
Acceptable change	p. 155
Spectrum of recreation opportunities	p. 156
Recreation/Tourism Planning Frameworks	p. 156
Recreation Opportunity Spectrum	p. 157
Limits of Acceptable Change	p. 162
Visitor Impact Management	p. 167
Tourism Optimisation Management Model	p. 170
Other planning frameworks	p. 175
Choosing a planning framework	p. 180
Conclusion	p. 183
Further Reading	p. 184
5 Management Strategies and Actions	p. 185
Introduction	p. 185
Reasons for managing natural areas	p. 186
Creating Protected Areas	p. 186
Protected areas as a recent phenomenon	p. 186
Designing protected areas	p. 188
Extent and types of protected areas	p. 190
Other forms of protection	p. 190
Joint Management	p. 195
Zoning	p. 196
Site Management Actions	p. 197
Rationale for approach taken	p. 197
Managing roads and trails	p. 201
Managing built accommodation, campgrounds and other facilities	p. 205
Managing riverbanks, lakes and coastlines	p. 210
Site restoration	p. 211
Visitor Management Actions	p. 212
Regulating visitors	p. 212
Visitor communication and education	p. 218
Choosing Management Actions	p. 220
Making the choice	p. 220
A combined approach	p. 223
Managing the Tourism Industry	p. 223
Voluntary strategies	p. 223
Regulatory strategies	p. 232
Environmental Management Systems	p. 233
Conclusion	p. 235
Further Reading	p. 237
6 Interpretation	p. 239
Introduction	p. 239
Principles and Application	p. 239
Principles	p. 240
Stages of the interpretive experience	p. 244
Application	p. 245
The Role of Interpretation	p. 246
The Pantanal: a tour operators perspective	p. 247
Orang utan rehabilitation centres as tourist attractions	p. 248
The case of reducing impacts on rare and endangered species	p. 249
Techniques and Examples	p. 250
Publications and web sites	p. 250
Visitor centres	p. 252
Self-guided trails	p. 252
Guided touring	p. 254
A Case Study in the Use, Application and Effectiveness of Interpretation	p. 256
Conclusion	p. 258
Further Reading	p. 258
7 Monitoring	p. 259
Introduction	p. 259
Definition	p. 259
Reasons for monitoring	p. 260
Principles	p. 262
Developing a monitoring programme	p. 265
Monitoring Visitor Impacts on Natural Areas	p. 265
Built facilities, campgrounds and campsites	p. 266
Roads and trails	p. 276
Water bodies	p. 281
Monitoring Visitors to Natural Areas	p. 283
Visitor monitoring techniques	p. 286
Setting Standards for Indicators	p. 291
The role of perceptions	p. 291
Environmental auditing	p. 294
Integrated Approaches	p. 295
Conclusion	p. 296
Further Reading	p. 299
8 Conclusion	p. 300
Introduction	p. 300
The Centrality of Ecology	p. 300
Understanding Impacts	p. 301
Emerging Views on Management	p. 302
The Importance of Sustainability	p. 303
Future Research	p. 303
References	p. 305
Index	p. 331

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