Overview
- Provides a transnational appraisal of mountain-based tourism in Asia
- Offers analysis from the sides of conservation and tourism
- Emphasizes protected areas potential role in Asia’s long-term geopolitical stability
Part of the book series: Geographies of Tourism and Global Change (GTGC)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Northeast Asia
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Southeast Asia
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Front Matter
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Conclusion
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Keywords
- CBD & Aichi Biodiversity Target 11
- National Park Management in East Asia
- Environmental Management in East Asia
- Human Resource Dimension of Protected Area Management
- Forest tourism and national parks
- Protected area management in East Asia
- Mountain tourism in East Asia
- Nature based tourism in East Asia
- Nature conservation in East Asia
- Governance of protected areas in East Asia
- Sustainable Development Goals SDG
- Urban Geography and Urbanism
About this book
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Tom E. Jones is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in Kyushu, Japan. His research interests include Environmental Policy, Nature-Based Tourism and Protected Area Management. Originally from the UK, Jones has experienced life in Japan as an international student from both sides of the lectern, completing his PhD at the University of Tokyo. He then worked as a consultant for municipal governments carrying out visitor surveys in the Japan Alps and joining a visitor monitoring survey of Mount Fuji climbers every summer 2008-2017.
Huong T. Bui is Professor and Field Leader of the Tourism and Hospitality Program of the College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in Kyushu, Japan. She holds a PhD in Tourism Management from Griffith University (Australia). She has received research grants from the Japan Foundation and Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) on the topics of heritage tourism in Southeast Asia, tourism resources management, and disaster risk management for tourism sector in Asia. She published articles in leading journals with topics such as ‘tourism and development’, ‘sustainable tourism’, ‘heritage tourism’ and ‘community resilience’. Prior to her career in academia, she worked in the tourism industry and was a consultant for tourism development projects in Southeast Asia for the World Bank, JICA and SNV.
Michal Apollo is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geography, Pedagogical University of Krakow. Michal’s areas of expertise are tourism management, consumer behaviours as well as environmental and socio-economical issues. Currently he is working on a concept of sustainable use of environmental and human resources. He is also an enthusiastic, traveller, diver, mountaineer, ultra-runner, photographer, and science populariser.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nature-Based Tourism in Asia’s Mountainous Protected Areas
Book Subtitle: A Trans-regional Review of Peaks and Parks
Editors: Thomas E. Jones, Huong T. Bui, Michal Apollo
Series Title: Geographies of Tourism and Global Change
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76833-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76832-4Published: 24 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76835-5Published: 25 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-76833-1Published: 23 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2366-5610
Series E-ISSN: 2366-5629
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 316
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Science, multidisciplinary, Industries, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)