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A critique of environmental carrying capacity as a means of managing the effects of tourism development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1998

KREG LINDBERG  and
STEPHEN F. MCCOOL
KREG LINDBERG
Affiliation:
School of Forestry, 0258 Oslo, Norway
STEPHEN F. MCCOOL
Affiliation:
The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA. Email: kreg@online.no
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Abstract

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In their paper on environmental carrying capacity, Brown et al. (1997) describe some of the negative impacts of tourism development and propose the carrying capacity framework for addressing these impacts. Though we agree that these impacts should be addressed, we feel that the carrying capacity approach is inadequate for the task in most situations. An examination of the steps that are necessary for establishing a carrying capacity illustrates why this is the case (further discussion is provided in Lindberg et al. 1997).

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Comment
Information
Environmental Conservation , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , December 1998 , pp. 291 - 292
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© 1998 Foundation for Environmental Conservation