Understanding Complex Human Ecosystems: The Case of Ecotourism on Bonaire
It is suggested that ecotourism development on the island of Bonaire can be productively understood as a perturbation of a complex human ecosystem. Inputs associated with ecotourism have fueled transformations of the island ecology and sociocultural system. The results of this study indicate that Bonaire's social and economic hierarchy is approaching a new, stable systems state following a 50-yr transition begun by government and industry that stabilized with the appearance of ecotourism development and population growth. Ecotourism can be understood to have "filled in" the middle of the produ... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Ecology and Society, Vol 7, Iss 3, p 10 (2003) |
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Resilience Alliance
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Schlagwörter: | Bonaire / complex systems / cultural evolution / ecological economics / ecosystems / emergy / human demography / political ecology / social structure / sociocultural systems / world systems / Biology (General) / QH301-705.5 / Ecology / QH540-549.5 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26615683 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-00565-070310 |