Overview
Based on a wealth of practical teaching and research experience from authors with over 60 years’ combined experience in Outdoor Education
Emphasises education of the undergraduate market but also of employees and managers of adventure tourism
Discusses how to best manage the environmental impact of adventure tourism
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Combining their own first-hand experience and research with extensive literature review the authors' present several popular adventure tourism destinations from across the globe, including the Arctic, the Himalayas, Africa, Australia and Scotland as case studies. Chapters cover the particular challenges faced by each region: including impacts on animals and birds; the spread of invasive plant species and diseases; trail impacts on vegetation; impacts on geological, historical and archaeological sites and pollution and waste issues. A discussion and evaluation of the possible management actions for minimising these impacts and how outdoor recreation tourists can be regulated concludes each chapter.
This practical and engaging textbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of adventure tourism and outdoor recreation as well as practitioners and managers working in the field.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Tim Stott is Professor of Physical Geography and Outdoor Education at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He has been responsible for leading and teaching on the Outdoor Education programmes for 25 years.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adventure Tourism
Book Subtitle: Environmental Impacts and Management
Authors: David Huddart, Tim Stott
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18623-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18622-7Published: 06 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18623-4Published: 25 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 475
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 131 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Geography, Environment Studies, Physical Geography, Environmental Management