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Adventure Tourism

Environmental Impacts and Management

Palgrave Macmillan
  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
  2. What Is Adventure Tourism?

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 1-9
  3. Adventure Tourism in Antarctica

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 11-50
  4. The Arctic Islands: Svalbard and Iceland

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 51-100
  5. Adventure Tourism in the Russian Arctic

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 101-120
  6. Adventure Tourism in Greenland

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 121-139
  7. Adventure Tourism in the Canadian Arctic

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 141-181
  8. Adventure Tourism in Alaska

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 183-240
  9. Adventure Tourism in the Himalayas

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 241-289
  10. The Andes

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 291-324
  11. East Africa

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 325-354
  12. Australia and New Zealand

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 355-402
  13. Scotland

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 403-435
  14. Climate Change and Adventure Tourism

    • David Huddart, Tim Stott
    Pages 437-469
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 471-475

About this book

This textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of adventure tourism and how these can be best managed. This volume follows on from the authors previous textbook – ‘Outdoor Recreation: Environmental Impacts and Management’ and continues the aim of developing a deeper understanding of how tourist numbers impact the environment and to provide practical solutions to these problems.
 
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

  • Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

    David Huddart, Tim Stott

About the authors

David Huddart is Emeritus Professor at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He has extensive experience teaching landscape interpretation, recreation ecology, and outdoor and environmental education.


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

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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