Critical Issues in Ecotourism

by Higham,James

• ISBN13: 9780750668781
• ISBN10: 0750668784
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-04-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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. * The first book to identify and comprehensively address, hot issues in ecotourism * Written by a team of pre-eminent international contributors including the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand * Incorporates cutting-edge scientific research which exposes the crucial issues

Table of 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

Ecotourism and biosecurity

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

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

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