ISBN:
978-3-7065-1783-6
,
3-7065-1783-3
,
978-99933-43-54-7
,
99933-43-54-4
Language:
English
Pages:
xxviii, 205 Seiten, 1 Faltblatt
,
Illustrationen, Karte
Edition:
first publ.
Series Statement:
Tourismus: Transkulturell und Transziplinär 6
Keywords:
Nepal Himalaya
;
Nationalpark
;
Tourismus
;
Umweltbelastung
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Wirtschaftlicher Wandel
;
Beziehungen Mensch-Umwelt
;
Beziehungen, interkulturelle
Abstract:
When concentrated in and around protected areas, tourism poses specific environmental challenges such as changes in land use, loss of vegetation cover, garbage accumulation and trail degradation. It is precisely because of such tourism-induced problems that more cautious tourism development policies are needed to ensure that they contribute positively to the sustainable development of mountain tourism destination. Tourism in the Nepal Himalaya represents the dilemma of reconciling conservation with development, an issue that is still under debate in the context of sustainable development. This book is an attempt to highlight this dilemma for a developing country like Nepal. Set in the context of three popular mountain destinations, namely, the Everest, Annapurna and the Upper Mustang regions, the book examines the dynamics of tourism development and environmental change over the last three decades, and analyses the strategies that have been developed in response.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction --1. Tourism and the environment: interrelationships, impacts, management -- 2. Trends in mountain tourism; the Nepal Himalaya planning for tourism -- 3. Communities in transition: spatial and temporal effects of tourism -- 4. Tourism and the environmental change -- 5. Visitor impacts on mountain trails: the Sagarmatha National Park -- 6. Striking the balance: tourism, protected areas and local people -- Conclusions -- References -- Annex-- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [163]-180; "Updated and abridged version of my PhD thesis entitled "Tourism-induced environmental changes in the Nepalese Himalaya - comparative analysis of the Everest, Annapurna, Upper Mustang regions", and submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of Bern, Switzerland, [1999]"
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