Exploring the Nature of Management
| Year of publication | 2006 |
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| Publisher(s) | HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil Forschungsstelle für Freizeit, Tourismus und Landschaft Dominik Siegrist Website: http://www.hsr.ch |
| Co-Publisher | Christophe Clivaz, Marcel Hunziker, Sophia Iten |
| Publisher | Research Centre for Leisure, Tourism and Landscape, Institute for Landscape and Open Space, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil, |
| Place of publication | Rapperswil |
| ISBN/ISSN | ISBN 3-033-00935-2 |
| Number of pages | 510 |
| Purchase | ftl@hsr.ch |
| Ref. | Forschungsstelle für Tourismus, Freizeit und Landschaft Hochschule Rapperswil Oberseestrasse 10 8640 Rapperswil / CH Phone number: +41 (0)55 222 4791 Fax: +41 (0)55 222 44 00 E-mail: ftl@hsr.ch |
| Page(s) | 510 |
Management and monitoring of visitor flows in recreational and protected areas are topics of growing importance worldwide. Today more than 100,000 protected areas exist globally, and the trend shows that their number is increasing, as the IUCN statistics demonstrate. To these, we must add numerous smaller areas that also have special natural or cultural heritage values, but do not have a special protected status. Many of these areas do not only serve the protection of natural and cultural values or biodiversity, they are also important points of attraction for tourism and recreation. These areas must be professionally maintained and managed if they are to conserve their natural and landscape values in future.