Anthropology 2272F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Surface Runoff, Environmental Degradation, Local Economic Development
26 May 2020
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Native tours: the anthropology of travel and tourism. Environmental impacts of tourism: disruptive and damaging to the environment, people, and culture. Countries and regions vary on the extent to which they have laws, policies, and. Negative impacts are more severe in poorer locales that are economically dependant on tourism, but lack political, economic, or technical resources to create controls/infrastructures that might protect their environmental resources. Tourism can produce negative environmental impacts such ass sewage discharge (water pollution), vehicle emission (air pollution), surface runoff, erosion, depletion of water resources, scarcity of fossil fuels, depletion of wildlife, destruction of vegetation, etc. Strains on the natural environment are sometimes increased as a result of tourist lifestyle expectations: ex. Tourists require 3x the amount of water than locals in the caribbean; Tourist recreational activities can be damaging to the environment; depletion in this resource due to the high number or tourists and amount of water each one needs.
