Institutional Arrangements for Conservation, Development and Tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa A Dynamic Perspective
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Buckley, Ralf
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2015
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This book is a solid contribution on an important topic. It is essentially about the practicalities of ecotourism in Africa from a local, community perspective. The contributors seem a bit hung up on so-called “critical studies” and repeat pejorative terminology such as “fortress conservation”, but the book does present factual case studies with chronologies of who, what, when, and sometimes why.
The theme, as outlined in the Preface, is the diversity of institutional arrangements among the various players: residents, tour operators, government agencies, and others. There are 21 authors and 13 chapters, one or two each from ...
View more >This book is a solid contribution on an important topic. It is essentially about the practicalities of ecotourism in Africa from a local, community perspective. The contributors seem a bit hung up on so-called “critical studies” and repeat pejorative terminology such as “fortress conservation”, but the book does present factual case studies with chronologies of who, what, when, and sometimes why. The theme, as outlined in the Preface, is the diversity of institutional arrangements among the various players: residents, tour operators, government agencies, and others. There are 21 authors and 13 chapters, one or two each from Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, and Uganda, and another five crossing frontiers. Thirteen of these are from six African nations, and five from Europe. The book does not claim to be comprehensive in scope, and as noted in the preface, there are many models not included here, but those that are included are presented in detail.
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View more >This book is a solid contribution on an important topic. It is essentially about the practicalities of ecotourism in Africa from a local, community perspective. The contributors seem a bit hung up on so-called “critical studies” and repeat pejorative terminology such as “fortress conservation”, but the book does present factual case studies with chronologies of who, what, when, and sometimes why. The theme, as outlined in the Preface, is the diversity of institutional arrangements among the various players: residents, tour operators, government agencies, and others. There are 21 authors and 13 chapters, one or two each from Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, and Uganda, and another five crossing frontiers. Thirteen of these are from six African nations, and five from Europe. The book does not claim to be comprehensive in scope, and as noted in the preface, there are many models not included here, but those that are included are presented in detail.
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Journal Title
Annals of Tourism Research
Volume
54
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Subject
Environmental management
Commercial services
Marketing
Tourism
Tourism management
Social Sciences
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Sociology
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