The geography of tourism and recreation : environment, place and space / C. M. Hall and S. J. Page.
By: Hall, Colin Michael.
Contributor(s): Page, Stephen.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Routledge, 1999Description: xvii, 309 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0415160030 ; 0415160049 .Subject(s): Tourism | Recreation areasDDC classification: 338.4791Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 338.4791 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00071339 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This text presents a comprehensive introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation, and to the relationships between them. Illustrated throughout, this text includes international case studies spanning Europe, North America, Australasia and China. Each chapter highlights the methods of analysis used by geographers to analyze recreation and tourism, and highlights the similarities and differences between the way recreation and tourism are analyzed. Recent perspectives developed in human geography are introduced (such as gender studies and postmodernism) and a range of chapters examine the impact of recreation and tourism on issues including: the demand and supply of recreation and tourism; the role of public policy, planning and management; the impact of tourism and recreation on urban, rural, mountain and coastal environments, and tourism and recreation in wilderness areas and other peripheral regions.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-304) and index.
Introduction: tourism matters! -- The demand for recreation and tourism -- The supply of recreation and tourism -- The impacts of tourism and recreation -- Urban recreation and tourism -- Rural recreation and tourism -- Tourism and recreation in the pleasure periphery: wilderness and national parks -- Tourism and recreation planning and policy -- The future.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Introduction: Tourism Matters
- 2 The Demand for Tourism and Recreation
- 3 The Supply of Tourism and Recreation
- 4 THe impacts of Tourism and Recreation
- 5 Tourism and Recreation: The Urban Context
- 6 Tourism and Recreation in Rural Areas
- 7 Tourism and Recreation in the Pleasure Periphery: Wilderness and National Parks
- 8 Tourism and Recreation Planning and Policy
- 9 The Future
- References
- Name Index
- Place Index
- Subject Index