Ecotourism: Impacts, Potentials and Possibilities analyzes the impacts of mainstream
tourism in first, second and third world countries, and argues the benefits of adopting the …

The conservation of biological diversity depends on people's knowledge and actions. This
book presents the theory and practice for creating effective education and outreach …

The fundamental point of this paper is that constructs such as system identity stability and
changes (tips, transitions, transformations from one identity to another), are subjectively …

National parks are a global phenomenon found in more than 120 countries. These parks are
as diverse as the physical settings and cultural patterns of the many nations that have …

One of the principal functions of heritage interpretation is to enhance the visitor's sense of
place and place identity. If this is to occur, the interpretation should be planned and …

Current work on impacts of tourism has deficiencies which hamper the development of
cumulative knowledge and the practical application of that knowledge. While much is known …

National Parks–'America's Best Idea'–were from the first seen as sacred sites embodying the
God-given specialness of American people and American land, and from the first they were …

The past decade has witnessed enormous social, political, and economic change in places
such as Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, and the USSR. These changes have played an …

This multiple case study examined cultural interpretive programs for four different sets of
goals or conceptions in a trickle-down effect from theory to practice. A proposed model, Four …

A broad framework of goals for environmental interpretation was produced, and these goals
were revised and validated on the basis of input from a national panel of interpretive experts …