Critical issues in ecotourism : understanding a complex tourism phenomenon / James Higham (ed.)

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9780750668781

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Author:

Higham, James E. S.

Publication Information:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, Butterworth Heinemann, 2007.

Physical Description:

xvii, 439 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Ecotourism : competing and conflicting schools of thought / Generic issues in ecotourism -- Definition paradoxes : from concept to definition / Ecotourism as a western construct / Ecotourism and global environmental change / Ecotourism, energy use, and the global climate : widening the local perspective / Biosecurity and ecotourism / Ecotourism : pondering the paradoxes / Against the current : striving for ethical ecotourism / The role of sustainable tourism in international development : prospects for economic growth, alleviation of poverty and environmental conservation / Ecotourism and gender issues / Ecotourism, CSR and the fourth dimension of sustainability / Critical issues in ecotourism policy, planning and management -- Scaling ecotourism : the role of scale in understanding the impacts of ecotourism / Defining critical habitats : the spatio-ecological approach to managing tourism-wildlife interactions / Ecotourism and wildlife habituation / Ecotourism and biodiversity conservation in Asia : institutional challenges and opportunities / Indigenous ecotourism : conservation and resource rights / Indigenous perspectives on ecotourism in Nepal : the Ghale Kharka-Sikles and Sirubari experience / China : ecotourism and cultural tourism, harmony or dissonance? / Ecotourism certification : potential and challenges / Negotiating the obstacles : owner/operator perspectives on 'nature' tourism in New Zealand / Ecotourism : which school of thought should prevail?

Subject Term:

Ecotourism.

Ecotourism -- Environmental aspects.

Tourism -- Research.

Added Author:

Higham, James E. S.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2007

Publication Information:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, Butterworth Heinemann, 2007.

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Critical Issues in Ecotourism seeks to shake the current stagnant literature on the subject of ecotourism out of a state of complacency. Drawing upon emerging insights provided by pre-eminent scholars in the field it identifies and comprehensively addresses current critical issues. Accessible to both academic and non-academic audiences, it provides the reader with the following: * A critical, direct and hard hitting analysis of the real issues that apply to the field of ecotourism *Contributions from prominent international scholars that address issues of relevance to a diverse and international readership * Dissemination of the scholarly works of social and natural science addressing this field * A collection of works by outstanding international scholars, in a comprehensively planned and integrated book Incorporating rigorous scientific insights in specialised fields of research, for example, identifying and protecting critical habits where tourists engage with endangered species, Critical Issues in Ecotourism is an important and ground breaking contribution set to expose the increasingly mythologized field of ecotourism.

1 Ecotourism: Competing and conflicting schools of thoughtJames Higham

Part I Generic issues in ecotourism

2 Definition paradoxes: From concept to definitionPeter BjÃ¶rk

3 Ecotourism as a western constructErlet Cater

4 Ecotourism and Global Environmental ChangeStefan GÃ¶ssling

5 Ecotourism, energy use and the global climate widening the local perspectiveSusanne Becken and Matthias Schellhorn

6 Ecotourism and biosecurityC. Michael Hall

7 Ecotourism: Pondering the paradoxesJames Higham and Michael LÃ"ck

8 Against the current: Striving for ethical ecotourismAgnes Nowaczek and Cesar Moran-Cahusac and David Fennell

9 The role of sustainable tourism in international development: Prospects for economic growth, alleviation of poverty, and environmental conservationMegan Epler Wood

10 Ecotourism and gender issuesRegina Scheyvens

11 Ecotourism, CSR, and the fourth dimension of sustainabilityPam Wight

Part II Critical issues in ecotourism policy, planning and management

12 Scaling Ecotourism: The role of scale in understanding the impacts of ecotourismC. Michael Hall

13 Defining critical habitats: The spatio-ecological approach to managing tourism-wildlife interactionsJames Higham and David Lusseau

14 Ecotourism and wildlife habituationEric Shelton and James Higham

15 Ecotourism and biodiversity conservation in Asia: Institutional challenges and opportunitiesJanet Cochrane

16 Indigenous ecotourism: Conservation and resource rightsHeather Zeppel

17 Indigenous perspectives on ecotourism in Nepal: The Ghale Kharka-Sikles and Sirubari experienceSanjay K. Nepal

18 China: Ecotourism and cultural tourism: Harmony or dissonance?Trevor Sofield

19 Ecotourism certification: Potential and challengesXavier Font

20 Negotiating the obstacles: Owner/operator perspectives on nature tourism in New ZealandAnna Carr

21 Critical issues in ecotourism: Which school of thought should prevail?James Higham

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