This chapter discusses the economic role that tourism in parks and protected areas play in regional economies. It then looks at how visitation to parks is translated into local economic activity and how this is measured. Several examples (from Australia, Canada, Belize, and the USA) of the...

This chapter presents an overview of the economic effects of animal diseases and includes an introduction to succeeding chapters on disease prevention, control and management; development of insurance programmes and case studies on disease management in Australia, Canada, Europe and the USA.

This chapter presents a case study of the implications of amenity migration on housing supply and availability in the mountain resort community of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Specifically, it (i) describes trends in the growth and magnitude of amenity migration to Whistler; (ii) summarizes...

This chapter describes amenity migration to the mountain area known to the Secwepemc as Skwelkwekwelt (British Columbia, Canada), and its environmental and socioeconomic impacts. The chapter gives an insight into the struggle of for cultural survival of an indigenous people, the Secwepemc,...

This chapter begins with a review of the evolution of the Alaska cruise industry. Both Canadian and US entrepreneurs and firms played roles in the development of this market, although the context today is multinational. This leads to a discussion of the economic impacts of the Alaska cruise...

Arctic tourism plays an increasingly significant role in the local and national economies of the eight nations (Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the USA) that ring the Arctic region. This chapter outlines each nation's approach to Arctic tourism development,...

This book presents the depth of the new wave of agritourism apparent around the world. This book consists of four parts. The first section is an introduction to the economics of agritourism; it introduces the role of organization, management, logistics, safety, marketing, finance, economics and...

In this chapter, the aetiological agent, geographical distribution, epidemiology, host range, economic importance, transmission, genomic structure, control, and treatment of Piscirickettsia, Francisella and Epitheliocystis were presented.

This volume investigates the cost implications and competitiveness effects resulting from regulations and standards in the fields of environment, human health and animal welfare and production-linked rules of "good agricultural conditions" for a range of agricultural products in the EU, USA, Canada ...

This chapter explores the trade effects of environmental regulations (related to reducing water pollution from excess nitrogen) and animal welfare standards in the pig sectors of the EU, USA and Canada. It is revealed that total compliance costs with the Nitrates Directive by pig producers in the...