{"product_id":"adventure-tourism-management-ralf-buckley-9781138138346","title":"Adventure Tourism Management","description":"The academic study of adventure tourism is rapidly increasing in popularity, with research beginning to focus on it heavily. This book is a cohesive and comprehensive look at this multi-million dollar industry sector from a variety of perspectives relevant to the teaching of tourism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIdeal for the undergraduate student taking adventure tourism as a single subject degree, or as part of their tourism management studies, this book documents, analyses and offers insight into the latest research in the area. Includes analysis of products, trends, climate change, risk management and environmental management and many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Subsectors section within the book offers an overview of the twenty or more definable sectors within the adventure tourism industry considering their origins and history, latest trends and demographic groups. The author then goes on to look in more detail at: Wildlife Tourism, Marine Tourism, Helitourism, and Boardsports. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter will include seven pedagogical elements: \u003cbr\u003e* introduction - what the chapter does and doesn't cover \u003cbr\u003e* plain-language review of the chapter topic with minimal referencing - essentially like lecture notes \u003cbr\u003e* concluding paragraph to the review section explaining how it leads to the next chapter(s)\u003cbr\u003e* review of recent research, condensed into tables where possible \u003cbr\u003e* revision notes - a few pages of bullet points summarising the review and research \u003cbr\u003e* a sample set of assignment questions, three to six per chapter in some cases\u003cbr\u003e* readings on relevant topics, condensed from previous publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralf Buckley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138138347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138138346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Ralf Buckley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621974978815,"sku":"9781138138346","price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adventure-tourism-management-ralf-buckley-9781138138346","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}