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High-end ecotourism and rural communities in southern Africa : a socio-economic analysis.
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| author | Snyman, Susan |
| author2 | Leiman, Anthony |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5689 High-end ecotourism and rural communities in southern Africa : a socio-economic analysis. Snyman, Susan Leiman, Anthony Economics Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. This thesis argues that at high end ecotourism sites in southern Africa good relationships with local communities are not merely a normative ‘good thing’, but are a likely prerequisite for the long-term viability of both natural resources and the economic ventures that depend on them. Communities are thus active participants in both conservation and tourism. As rising populations increase pressure on conserved land, both conservation and ecotourism will need community support and goodwill. Such rural communities adjacent to protected areas have traditionally enjoyed consumptive use of local resources. Formally set-aside protected areas may help conserve biodiversity, but often impose costs on rural communities, increasing human-wildife conflict and reducing the land available for agriculture and consumptive use. Sustained community support for these areas therefore requires visible benefits. One source of these is ecotourism. Using primary data from over 1800 community interview schedules, collected across six southern African countries (Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe), the thesis seeks to establish the incentives that matter most to rural communities in conservation areas, how ecotourism affects household incomes, and the determinants of community attitudes towards conservation and ecotourism. 2014-07-31T12:21:41Z 2014-07-31T12:21:41Z 2013 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5689 eng application/pdf School of Economics Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Economics Snyman, Susan High-end ecotourism and rural communities in southern Africa : a socio-economic analysis. |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | High-end ecotourism and rural communities in southern Africa : a socio-economic analysis. |
| title_full | High-end ecotourism and rural communities in southern Africa : a socio-economic analysis. |
| title_fullStr | High-end ecotourism and rural communities in southern Africa : a socio-economic analysis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-end ecotourism and rural communities in southern Africa : a socio-economic analysis. |
| title_short | High-end ecotourism and rural communities in southern Africa : a socio-economic analysis. |
| title_sort | high end ecotourism and rural communities in southern africa a socio economic analysis |
| topic | Economics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5689 |
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