Garden Tourism

Garden Tourism

Benfield, Richard W. (Associate Professor of Geography, Central Connecticut State University, USA)

Elsevier Science & Technology

05/2009

248

Mole

Inglês

9780750684620

15 a 20 dias

More people visit gardens than go to Disneyland and Disneyworld combined. This text explores the phenomena of garden tourism. Beginning with a discussion on the historical aspects and typology of gardens, it moves on to examine how garden evolution has been impacted by tourism demands.
CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION What is Garden Tourism? Gardens as a part of tourism. Visitation to Gardens: who goes? Demographics and Gardening in America today The Culture of Flowers The literatureCHAPTER TWO. A HISTORY AND TOURISM TYPOLOGY OF GARDENS The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Greeks: Theophrastus and the Lyceum Homer's Odyssey The Roman Garden The Monastic Garden The Botanic Garden; Education and Medicine The Garden as Art The Empire Garden The Garden as Place The Garden as Tourist Place The Gardens of TodayCHAPTER THREE. GARDENS AND TOURISTS TODAY Roles Types of Garden as tourist attraction Botanic Gardens The Garden Conservancy House and Garden Tours The Role of Commercial Gardens and Nurseries Resort and Theme Park Gardens The Islamic Garden The Chinese Garden The Japanese Garden Specialized Gardens and Arboreta Problems and issues in gardens today (THIS MAY BECOME ANOTHER CHAPTER) Management of Gardens Capacity Financial viability and Multiple use of gardens Trade in endangered biologic species/crime (Theft) Contested Space Sustainability and Education Biodiversity Compatible uses CHAPTER FOUR: CASE STUDIES OF TEN GARDENS The Eden Project Sissinghurst Castle Garden Longwood Garden Butchart Garden Royal Botanic Garden of Australia Calloway Gardens Belize Botanic Garden Bellingrath Garden NY Botanical Garden Huntingdon GardenCHAPTER FIVE: Reflection on the Future of Gardens; Gardens of the Future
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