The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place and Space - Couverture souple

Hall, C. Michael; Page, Stephen J.

 
9780415160049: The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place and Space
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ISBN 10 : 0415160049 ISBN 13 : 9780415160049
Editeur : Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

The Geography of Tourism and Recreation presents an accessible, comprehensive introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation and to the relationships between them.

Illustrated throughout, this accessible text includes a wealth of international case studies spanning Europe, North America, Australasia and China. Each chapter highlights the methodologies and methods of analysis used by geographers to analyse recreation and tourism, and highlights the similarities and differences between the way recration and tourism is analysed. Recent perspectives developed in human geography are introduced (eg. gender studies and postmodernism) and a range of chapters examine the impact of recreation and tourism on key 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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Geography of Tourism and Recreation presents an accessible, comprehensive introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation and to the relationships between them.

Illustrated throughout, this accessible text includes a wealth of international case studies spanning Europe, North America, Australasia and China. Each chapter highlights the methodologies and methods of analysis used by geographers to analyse recreation and tourism, and highlights the similarities and differences between the way recration and tourism is analysed. Recent perspectives developed in human geography are introduced (eg. gender studies and postmodernism) and a range of chapters examine the impact of recreation and tourism on key 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.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Hall is Professor and Director of the Centre for Tourism, the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Stephen Page is Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley Chair in Tourism at the University of Stirling, Scotland and formerly Professor of Tourism Management and Director, Centre for Tourism Research, Massey University, New Zealand.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415160049
ISBN 13 
9780415160049
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0415335612 ISBN 13 :  9780415335614
Editeur : Routledge, 2005
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