Code
01WI0511
Duration
06 October 2011 → 05 October 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Economic development, innovation, technological change and growth
- Economic geography
- Human geography
- Recreation, leisure and tourism geography
- Urban and regional geography
- Other social and economic geography
Keywords
mountain
tourism
environmental impacts
intervention
mitigation
rational planning
Project description
Tourism in Northwest Yunnan is causing a growing environmental concern due to its fragile mountain ecosystem. This research examines environmental impacts of tourism development. Combined with field surveys, controlled experiments and spatial analysis, the cause-effect relationships between tourism and local environment are identified. The results can contribute to rational tourism development and effective nature conservation policies.