Carrying Capacity as a Tourism Management Strategy in a Marine Protected Area: A Political Ecology Analysis

Carrying Capacity as a Tourism Management Strategy in a Marine Protected Area: A Political Ecology Analysis

Natural protected areas are often required to concurrently support conservation and tourism development. Estimating the ecosystem's carrying capacity and setting up visitor access limitations is a common approach in maximising resource use to avoid environmental degradation. Our research used a...

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Main Authors: Albert Llausàs, Josep Vila-Subirós, Josep Pueyo-Ros, Rosa Maria Fraguell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Conservation & Society
Subjects:
Carrying capacity
case study
commodification of nature
Medes Islands
natural resource management
neoliberal governance
scuba diving
tourism management
visitor cap
Online Access:http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2019;volume=17;issue=4;spage=366;epage=376;aulast=Llausas

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