The recreational frontier : ecotourism in Laos as ecorational instrumentality

The recreational frontier ecotourism in Laos as ecorational instrumentality

This study treats ecotourism in National Protected Areas of Lao PDR as a “recreational frontier” which instrumentalizes the recreation of human natures in capitalism’s centers for that of nonhuman natures at capitalism’s (closing) frontiers. This world-ecological practice of ecorational instrumental...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kleinod, Michael, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Göttingen, Germany : Universitätsverlag Göttingen 2017
2017
Subjects:
Ecotourism > Laos.
Nature conservation > Laos.
Natural areas > Laos.
Laos
ecotourism
recreation
ecocapitalism
Capitalism
Ecotourism
Tourism
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426262706719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Ecotourism and the capitalist crisis
  • 1. Social natures
  • 2. Capitalist natures
  • 3. Ecotourism
  • 4. Recreational landscapes
  • 5. Ecotourism field of Laos
  • 6. Implementing ecotourism
  • 7. Practicing ecotourism
  • 8. Localizing ecotourism
  • 9. Final discussion: the recreational frontier.

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