European Forest Recreation and Tourism: A Handbook

by Bell; Simon

• ISBN13: 9780415443630
• ISBN10: 0415443636
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-26
• Publisher: Taylor & Franci

Summary

"Looking at all aspects of forest recreation and nature tourism, this book has a particular focus on Europe. It takes a regional approach, considering different aspects of recreation and tourism around many parts of Europe, presenting case studies from all over the region." "Useful for a wide audience of forest planners and managers, recreation and tourism specialists and landscape planners and designers, relevant across Europe and beyond, this book is written by the top European specialists in the subject."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Simon Bell is Senior Research Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, where he is a director of the OPENspace research centre, Associate Professor at the Estonian University of Life Sciences and also a landscape consultant. Murray Simpson is a geographer based at the School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford. Liisa Tyrvainen is Professor of Nature Tourism at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland. Tuija Sievanen is a forester and researcher with the Finnish Forest Research Institute in Helsinki. Ulrike Probstl is Professor of Landscape Planning at the University of Applied Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. xi
Notes on the authors	p. xii
Contact details	p. xvi
COST	p. xxi
Acknowledgements	p. xxii
List of abbreviations	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
Forest recreation and nature tourism in Europe: context, history, and current situation	p. 12
	p. 33
Evaluating the economic and social benefits of forest recreation and nature tourism	p. 35
Integrating forest recreation and nature tourism into the rural economy	p. 64
Instruments for developing recreation and nature tourism in forests	p. 86
	p. 103
Monitoring of forest recreation demand	p. 105
Assessing and planning the supply of opportunities for forest recreation and nature tourism	p. 134
	p. 149
Strategic planning of forest recreation and nature tourism	p. 151
The recreation planning process	p. 177
Site planning and design for recreation and nature tourism	p. 207
Index	p. 230
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