The geography of tourism and recreation : environment, place, and space

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Title:

Author:

Hall, Colin Michael, 1961-

ISBN:

9780415160049

9780415160032

Personal Author:

Hall, Colin Michael, 1961-

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 1999.

Physical Description:

xvii, 309 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Tourism Matters! -- 2. The Demand for Recreation and Tourism -- 3. The Supply of Recreation and Tourism -- 4. The Impacts of Tourism and Recreation -- 5. Urban Recreation and Tourism -- 6. Rural Recreation and Tourism -- 7. Tourism and Recreation in the Pleasure Periphery: Wilderness and National Parks -- 8. Tourism and Recreation Planning and Policy -- 9. The Future.

Abstract:

"The Geography of Tourism and Recreation presents a comprehensive introduction to tourism, leisure and recreation and to the relationships between them. Illustrated throughout, this text includes a wealth of international case studies spanning Europe, North America, Australasia and Asia. Each chapter highlights the methods of analysis used by geographers to analyse recreation and tourism, and highlights the similarities and differences between the way recreation and tourism is analysed. Recent perspectives developed in human geography are introduced (e.g. gender studies and post-modernism)."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Tourism.

Recreation areas.

Added Author:

Page, Stephen, 1963-

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The Geography of Tourism and Recreationpresents 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.