New Issues in Polar Tourism Communities, Environments, Politics /

New Issues in Polar Tourism traces and analyzes a decade of growing interest in the polar regions, and the consequent challenges and opportunities of increasing tourist traffic in formerly remote and seldom-visited places. The book arises from the recently-formed International Polar Tourism Research...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Müller, Dieter K. (Editor ), Lundmark, Linda (Editor ), Lemelin, Raynald H. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Temas:
Environmental monitoring.
Human geography.
Economic development.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Philosophy of nature.
Environmental Monitoring.
Human Geography.
Economic Growth.
Regional and Spatial Economics.
Philosophy of Nature.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: New Issues in Polar Tourism
  • 2. Looking Back, Venturing Forward: Challenges For Academia, Community and Industry in Polar Tourism Research
  • 3. What is Arctic Tourism, and Who Should Define It?
  • 4. Narrative Frameworks of Consideration: Horizontal and Vertical Approaches to Conceptualising the Sub-Antarctic
  • 5. Reaching Consensus on Antarctic Tourism Regulation
  • 6. The Effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessments on Visitor Activity in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica
  • 7. German Tourism Activities in the Antarctic Area - A Governmental Perspective
  • 8. The Wild North - Network Cooperation for Sustainable Tourism in a Fragile Marine Environment in the Arctic Region
  • 9. Tourism Resolving Crisis? Exploring Tourism Development in Iceland in the Wake of Economic Recession
  • 10. A (Ski) Trip into the Future - Climate Change and Winter Tourism in Polar Sweden in 2040
  • 11. Conflicting Discourses in Tourism Development - A Case of Kilpisjärvi Village, Finnish Lapland
  • 12. Will 'Free Entry into the Forest' Remain? Argumentation Analysis of Finnish and Swedish Discussions on Everyman's Rights
  • 13. National Parks for Tourism Development in Sub-Arctic Areas - Curse or Blessing? The Case of a Proposed National Park in Northern Sweden
  • 14. Indigenous People: Discussing the Forgotten Dimension of Dark Tourism and Battlefield Tourism
  • 15. New Issues in Polar Tourism: Conclusion
  • Index.

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