Desert tourism : tracing the fragile edges of development /
"Deserts are becoming increasingly popular tourist destinations. However, the growth of this tourism niche raises particular challenges, jeopardizing their fragile ecosystems and straining scarce resources. Paradoxically, the increasing popularity of desert tourism is undermining the very essen...
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| Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Graduate School of Design ;
2011
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| Σειρά: | Aga Khan Program book series
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Introduction : desert tourism then and now / Virginie Picon-Lefebvre
- Desert blues : historical riffs on the Moroccan periphery / Susan Gilson Miller
- The desert as a (movie) myth / Claude Prelorenzo
- A Utopian space between tourism and development : Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture for the deserts of the American southwest / Neil Levine
- The Kasbah hotel : mythopoesis in the Moroccan tourist landscape / Aziza Chaouni
- From war to peace, the making of a landscape / Virginie Picon-Lefebvre
- Photographic encounters in the American desert / Alessandra Ponte
- Quartzsite, Arizona : tales of desert nomads / Robert Sumrell and Kazys Varnelis
- The Saharan oasis put to the test of its landscape : the Jerid / Vincent Battesti
- Desert tourism as a vehicle for nature conservation : the Jordanian experience / Chris Johnson
- The intention to notice : explorations through ephemeral desert landscapes / Gini Lee.
