Tourism and Recreation in Rural Areas
Butler, Richard W. / Hall, C. Michael / Jenkins, John
Recent years have witnessed a change from the passive, low key use of rural areas for recreation to the explosion of tourism as a highly active and dominant agent of change and control in the countryside and associated rural communities. This book considers the effects of rural recreation and tourism with special reference to: * the economics of rural restructuring* public sector rural policies* imaging and reimaging* the social dynamics of ru...