Natural area tourism: ecology, impacts, and management

Newsome, D., Moore, S.A. and Dowling, R.K. (2002) Natural area tourism: ecology, impacts, and management. Channel View Publications, Clevedon .

Abstract

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.