Sustainable Transportation in Natural and Protected Areas

ISBN-13: 9781138788572 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 288 str.

Francesco Orsi

Opis

Protected areas are at the centre of nature-based tourism, which is increasingly popular across the world. As visitor numbers increase, so does awareness of the harmful effects that large crowds may have on both natural resources and individuals' recreational experience. This volume considers the challenge of transportation to and within natural and protected areas, the improvement of which has already been recognised as having great potential for mitigating the environmental impacts of ecotourism. While several books have focused considerable attention to the management of protected areas in general, little has been said about the specific issue of sustainable transport, an emerging trend that is already reshaping visitation patterns in natural settings. This book provides current knowledge on issues associated with the transportation of visitors in natural and protected areas, and a comprehensive overview of the technical and strategic options available to tackle these issues. It approaches the subject via three main topics: preferences, or the visitors' attitudes towards transportation; practices, where current approaches are assessed through examples and case-studies of successful experiences and methodologies from around the world; and policies, where suggestions and recommendations are put forward for both local scale strategies and broad-scale regulatory action with global relevance. Contributors include academics in the field of natural resource management and tourism, with extensive experience in protected area management and active partnerships with natural park administrations.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Francesco Orsi  Part 1: Concepts and Definitions  2. Sustainability Requisites for Transportation in Natural and Protected Areas  Francesco Orsi  3. Sustainability Potential of Various Transport Modes in Natural Settings  Francesco Orsi  Part 2: Preferences – Attitudes towards Sustainable Transportation  4. Visitor Preferences and toward Bus use in Natural and Protected Areas  Jo Guiver, Nick Davies and Richard Weston  5. The Shift from Automobiles to Alternatives and the Role of Intelligent Transportation Systems  Kourtney K. Collum and John J. Daigle  6. Park Visitor and Gateway Community Perceptions of Mandatory Shuttle Buses  Joshua D. Marquit and Britton L. Mace  7. Sustainable Mobility within Natural Areas from the Perspectives of Persons with Disabilities  Brent Lovelock  Part 3: Practices – Experiences around the World  8. Managing Sustainable Mobility in Natural Areas: the Case of South Tyrol (Italy)  Anna Scuttari and Maria Della Lucia  9. On-demand Transport Systems to Remote Natural Areas: The Swiss Case of Bus Alpin and AlpenTaxi  Roger Sonderegger and Widar von Arx  10. Reducing Visitor Car Use while Securing Economic Benefits in Protected Areas: Application of a Market Segmentation Approach in the Lake District National Park (UK)  Davina Stanford  11. Cycle Tourism Development in Parks: The Experience of the Peak District National Park (UK)  Richard Weston, Nick Davies and Jo Guiver  12. Estimating the Effects of "Carrot and Stick" Measures on Travel Mode Choices: Results of a Survey Conducted in the Dolomites (Italy)  Francesco Orsi and Davide Geneletti  13. Exploring Future Opportunities and Challenges of Alternative Transportation Practice: A Systematic-wide Transit Inventory across US National Parks  John J. Daigle  14. Participatory Planning for the Definition of Sustainable Mobility Strategies in Small Islands: A Case Study in Sao Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)  Artur Gil, Catarina Fonseca and Helena Calado  15. Achieving a Balance between Trail Conservation and Road Development: the Case of Bhutan  Taiichi Ito  16. Case Studies: Lessons Learned  Francesco Orsi  Part 4: Policies – Strategies and Policies for Sustainable Transportation  17. From Conventional to Sustainable Transportation Management in National Parks  Robert Manning, Christopher Monz, Jeffrey Hallo, Steven Lawson and Peter Newman  18. Identifying Key Factors for the Successful Provision of Public Transport for Tourism  Andreas Kagermeier and Werner Gronau  19. Increasing the Economic Feasibility of Public Transport Supply in Natural Areas  Werner Gronau and Andreas Kagermeier  20. Elements that Encourage Bicycling and Walking To and Within Natural Areas  Natalie Villwock-Witte  21. Helping Gateway Communities Embrace Alternative Transportation  Anne Dunning  Part 5: Conclusion  22. A Glimpse into Future Research on Sustainable Transportation in Natural Settings  Francesco Orsi

O autorze

Francesco Orsi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Kansas State University, USA. Previously he was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Trento, Italy.