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The Routledge handbook of community-based tourism management : concepts, issues & implications /

Table of Contents: “…Albrecht</P></I><P>20. Community-Based Tourism, Heritage Conservation and Improved Urban Design-Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico</P><I><P>Daniel Barrera-Fernández and Marco Hernández-Escampa</P></I><P>21. …”
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Human Transit How Clearer Thinking About Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives / by Walker, Jarrett

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Tourism development in Japan : themes, issues and challenges /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : tourism in Japan -- from the past to the present / Richard Sharpley & Kumi Kato -- Tourism research on Japan : overview of major trends : Japanese and English-language materials / Yumiko Horita & Kumi Kato -- Urban development and tourism in Japanese cities / Yumiko Horita -- Transition of forest tourism policies in Japanese national forest management / Yumi Oura -- A systematic review of sport tourism research in Japan / Eiji Ito and Tom Hinch -- Mobilising stoke : a genealogy of surf tourism development in Miyazaki, Japan / Adam Doering -- Japan's mountain tourism at a crossroads : insights from the North Japan Alps / Abhik Chakraborty -- International exchange in tea tourism : reconceptualizing Japanese green tourism for sustainable farming communities / Amnaj Khaokhrueamuang -- Pilgrimage tourism in regional communities : the case of Tanabe City and Kumano Kodo / Ricardo Nicolas Progano and Kumi Kato -- Confronting difficult pasts : the case of 'kamikaze' tourism / Richard Sharpley and Kumi Kato -- Whaling heritage and tourism development : 'sliced, diced and boiled down' / Simon Wearne -- Debating sustainability in tourism development : resilience, traditional knowledge and community : a post-disaster perspective / Kumi Kato -- International tourists in Japan : their increasing numbers and vulnerability to natural hazards / Hayato Nagai, Kaede Sano, Brent W. …”
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Sustainable Living with Environmental Risks

Table of Contents: “…Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Science Advancement and Leadership Development -- Biodiversity Agriculture Supports Human Populations -- Conservation and Sustainable Management of Soil Biodiversity for Agricultural Productivity -- Conservation Tillage Assessment For Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emission In Rainfed Agro-Ecosystem -- Improving Biodiversity in Rice Paddy Fields to Promote Land Sustainability -- Agroforestry Models for Promoting Effective Risk Management and Building Sustainable Communities -- Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Conservation of Forest Resources in Madagascar -- Community-Based Mangrove Forest Management in Thailand: Key Lesson Learned for Environmental Risk Management -- Necessity of Adaptive Risk Management for Fisheries and Wildlife -- Valuation of Non-Marketed Agricultural Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Southeast Asia -- Emerging Socio-Economic and Environmental Issues Affecting Food Security: A Case Study of Silang-Santa Rosa Subwatershed -- Strengthening the Capacity of Flood-Affected Rural Communities in Padang Terap, State of Kedah, Malaysia -- Mitigating Coastal Erosion in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar -- Risk Management of Chemical Pollution: Principles from the Japanese Experience -- Research on the Sod Between Chlorophyll-a and Organic Matter BOD, COD, Phosphorus and Total Nitrogen in Stagnant Lake Basins -- Managing Construction Development Risks to the Environment -- Ecosystem Restoration Using the Near-Natural Method in Shanghai -- Sustainable Management of Urban Green Environments: Challenges and Opportunities -- Environment and Social Capacity Assessment for Sustainability Promotion and Risk Management -- Rural Landscape Conservation in Japan: Lessons from the Satoyama Conservation Program in Kanagawa Prefecture -- Enhancing Students’ Ecological Thinking to Improve Understanding of Environmental Risk -- Interactive Multimedia Education System (IMES) as a International Education Platform.…”
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Capacity building through heritage tourism : an international perspective /

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Filtered : Coffee, the Café and the 21st-Century City / by Felton, Emma

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Sustainability & historic preservation toward a holistic view /

Table of Contents: “…Finding a seat at the table : preservation and sustainability / Richard Wagner -- Preservation, sustainability, and environmental impact assessment in post-colonial developing nations / Thomas F. King -- The Massachusetts heritage landscape inventory : a community-based approach to identifying and protecting special places / Shary Page Berg -- Tree preservation and the cultural effects of climate change / Rebecca Crew -- Awbury Arboreteum : a Quaker legacy sustaining an urban community / Valencia Libby -- Is brown the new green? …”
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Degrowth and tourism : new perspectives on tourism entrepreneurship, destinations and policy /

Table of Contents: “…Michael Hall -- Decommodification as a socially embedded practice : the example of lifestyle enterprise in animal-based tourism / Erika Andersson Cederholm & Carina Sjöholm -- Lifestyle entrepreneurs as agents of degrowth : the case of nature-based tourism businesses in Scandinavia / Lusine Margaryan, Peter Fredman, & Stian Stensland -- Mobility transitions and rural restructuring in Sweden : a database study of holistic simplifiers / Marco Eimermann, Urban Lindgren, Linda Lundmark & Jundan Jasmine Zhang -- Diverse tourism : a poststructural view on tourism destination degrowth transition / Outi Kulusjärvi -- Global importance, local problems : degrowth in Italian World Heritage destinations / Alberto Amore & Bailey Ashton Adie -- Opportunities and barriers for de-growth in remote tourism destinations : overcoming regional inequalities? …”
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The geotourism industry in the 21st century : the origin, principles, and futuristic approach / by Nikūʼī Ṣadrī, Bahrām, 1973 or 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Sadry -- Historical viewpoints on the geotourism concept in the 21st century / Thomas A. Hose -- Urban geotourism in Poland / Krzysztof Gaidzik -- Mining heritage as geotourism attractions in Brazil / Antonio Liccardo, Virginio Mantesso-Neto, and Marcos Antonio Leite do Nascimento -- Geomorphosites : aesthetic landscape features or earth history heritage? …”
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Festival encounters : theoretical perspectives on festival events / by Duffy, Michelle (Michelle Elizabeth), Mair, Judith

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Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics

Table of Contents: “…The case of the West Arsi Woreda in Ethiopia -- Visualize and communicate extreme weather risk to improve urban resilience -- Climate change adaptation and resilience in Mali -- Building resilience to drought in the Sahel by early risk identification and advices -- Risk analysis and evaluation to improve climate adaptation planning in Western Niger -- A simplified hydrological method for flood risk assessment at sub-basin level in Niger -- Socio-technical transitions and resilient infrastructure: analyzing changes in access to water following infrastructure upgrade in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Monitoring and evaluating advocacy and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Haiti -- Knowledge for transformational adaptation planning: comparing the potential of forecasting and back casting methods for assessing people vulnerability -- Possible impact of pelletized crop residues use as a fuel for cooking in Niger -- An effective Mainstreaming DRR and Resilience approach in La Paz (Mexico) and San Jose (Costa-Rica) -- Climate vulnerability reduction credits: measuring results of adaptation; potential applicability for sub-Saharan communities -- Review of pilot projects on index-based insurance in Africa: insights and lessons Learned -- A new perspective for integrating climate change in local development plans.…”
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Cultural and heritage tourism in the Middle East and North Africa : complexities, management and practices /

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The Routledge handbook of the bioarchaeology of climate and environmental change /

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Digital qualitative research in sport and physical activity /

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Before- and after-school physical activity programs : frameworks, critical issues, and underserved populations /

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Destination conscience : seeking meaning and purpose in the travel experience /

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Water, life & civilisation climate, environment, and society in the Jordan Valley /

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