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Ecosystem Assessment and Fuzzy Systems Management
“Ecosystem Assessment and Fuzzy Systems Management” is the edited outcome of the 3rd International Conference on Ecosystem Assessment Management (ICEAM) and the Workshop on the Construction of an Early Warning Platform for Eco-tourism (WCEWPE) in Hainan on May 5-12, 2013, Haikou, China. The 3rd ICEAM and the WCEWPE, built on the success of previous conferences, are major Symposiums for scientists, engineers and logistic management researchers presenting their the latest achievements, developments and applications in all areas of Ecosystem Assessment Management, Early Warning Platform for Eco-tourism and fuzziology. It aims to strengthen relations between industry research laboratories and universities, and to create a primary symposium for world scientists. The book, containing 47 papers, is divided into five parts: “Ecosystem Assessment, Management and Information”; “Intelligent Algorithm, Fuzzy Optimization and Engineering Application”; “Spatial Data Analysis and Intelligent Information Processing”; “Tourism Culture, Development and Planning” and “Application of Operations Research and Fuzzy Systems”.
Dark Tourism and Place Identity
This timely book is the first to explore the physical and intangible legacies of historic and contemporary dark tourism sites, and the contribution such sites make to place identity. It achieves this by critically reviewing the marketing, management and interpretation of contemporary and historic sites associated with death, disaster, atrocity and related events from a wide range of geographical locations. In doing so the book proposes a compose model for discussing place identity and dark tourism which will provide further understanding about these increasingly popular destinations.
Sport Tourism, Island Territories and Sustainable Development
Zusammenfassung: This edited volume discusses the role of sport tourism in local sustainable development in small island territories. Using an international, comparative study, this volume explores the contributions of sport tourism to sustainable development in island settings. Written by 25 research teams across ten seas, oceans, and island archipelagos, chapters present comparative findings with the view of assisting stakeholders and decision-makers in collaboratively and responsibly developing island territories in accordance with specific sustainable development goals. Presenting a refined comparative methodology at the intersection of sport tourism and sustainable development, this book is geared towards academic researchers and students interested in sport tourism, sports economics, management and sustainable development, as well as professionals
The China Challenge
With the exception of Canada’s relationship with the United States, Canada’s relationship with China will likely be its most significant foreign connection in the twenty-first century. As China’s role in world politics becomes more central, understanding China becomes essential for Canadian policymakers and policy analysts in a variety of areas. Responding to this need, The China Challenge brings together perspectives from both Chinese and Canadian experts on the evolving Sino-Canadian relationship. It traces the history and looks into the future of Canada-China bilateral relations. It also examines how China has affected a number of Canadian foreign and domestic policy issues, including education, economics, immigration, labour and language. Recently, Canada-China relations have suffered from inadequate policymaking and misunderstandings on the part of both governments. Establishing a good dialogue with China must be a Canadian priority in order to build and maintain mutually beneficial relations with this emerging power, which will last into the future.
Sea and Land
Sea and Land provides an in-depth environmental history of the Caribbean to ca 1850, with a coda that takes the story into the modern era. It explores the mixing, movement, and displacement of peoples and the parallel ecological mixing of animals, plants, microbes from Africa, Europe, elsewhere in the Americas, and as far away as Asia. It examines first the arrival of Native American to the region and the environmental transformations that followed. It then turns to the even more dramatic changes that accompanied the arrival of Europeans and Africans in the fifteenth century. Throughout it argues that the constant arrival, dispersal, and mingling of new plants and animals gave rise to a creo...
Minorités francophones et gouvernance urbaine. Moncton, Sudbury, Edmonton et Ottawa
Les travaux sur la gouvernance urbaine ont suscité beaucoup d'intérêt ces dernières années. Ce livre se situe dans cette mouvance, mais il veut éclairer deux réalités largement laissées dans l'ombre. Alors que la plupart des études portent sur les très grandes villes, les auteurs examinent ici des villes canadiennes de taille moyenne. Par ailleurs, dans le contexte d'une attention accrue à la gouvernance inclusive, l'ouvrage s'intéresse particulièrement au rôle des minorités francophones dans la gouvernance urbaine, une perspective peu présente dans la documentation sur les francophonies minoritaires au Canada. Au départ, deux fils conducteurs – la récente croissance économique et démographique du Grand Moncton et la part des Acadiens dans cette croissance – orientent le propos. La première partie est consacrée au développement économique à Moncton; la deuxième aborde le développement culturel, à l'aide du concept de grappes culturelles fondées sur des mobilisations communautaires, à Moncton, Sudbury, Edmonton et Ottawa.
Patrimoine culturel et tourisme alternatif (Europe - Afrique - Caraïbe - Amériques)
Cet ouvrage part du double constat des impacts socio-économiques du tourisme sur les composantes patrimoniales de l'environnement ; et, en sens inverse, de l'attrait déterminant des ressources d'un patrimoine dûment valorisé sur la demande et l'offre touristiques. Cette relation dialectique a des conséquences sur les effets de l'activité touristique, en termes de croissance et de développement des territoires, dans les pays industrialisés comme dans ceux des pays du Sud. Un tourisme durable, assis sur une gestion appropriée des ressources du patrimoine, culturel en particulier, constitue à cet égard un facteur puissant de durabilité et de viabilité. L'analyse relève des sciences tant exactes et naturelles qu'humaines.
Espaces tropicaux et risques
En ce début de XXIe siècle, les risques occupent une place prépondérante dans l'actualité de la planète et structurent une nouvelle demande sociale à laquelle la recherche doit apporter des réponses. Au gré des événements qui affectent les rapports entre milieux et sociétés ou les dynamiques internes à ces dernières, de nouveaux risques émergent et les méthodes d'analyse se renouvellent ou se recomposent. Pour le géographe, la notion de risque conduit à une nouvelle manière de voir le monde. Jusqu'au milieu des années quatre-vingt-dix, la géographie tropicale a principalement traité du risque à l'échelle locale, et sous l'angle du risque naturel, souvent réduit à u...
