Though the concept of sustainable development originally included a clear social mandate,
for two decades this human dimension has been neglected amidst abbreviated references to …

The authors focus on the rise of adventure tourism in New Zealand and suggest that the
growth of adventure-tourism attractions is related to important transformations in the …

This article develops a critique of aspects of Urry's `tourist gaze' through an analysis of
contemporary tourism in New Zealand. We argue that the metaphorical basis of the gaze seems …

This paper discusses the ways in which the commodification of adventure in tourism has
increasingly become implicated in the production and consumption of tourist places. It …

This paper begins with a review of the residential mobility literature that arose out of housing
and planning policy aimed at decreasing the negative effects of urban transience. The …

Capitalism’s propensity for constant change means that rural landscapes and the experiences
of people who live in them, or who visit them for various purposes, are continually …

In this paper we use research into ecotouristic activities in Kaikoura, New Zealand, to discuss
how the nonhuman agency of nature is implicated in the performance and meaning of …

The quest for more sustainable urban forms has added renewed vigour to urban planning,
with various types of urban infill and intensification becoming increasingly popular with local …

Urbanization has destroyed and fragmented previously large areas of habitat. Small
remnants that still exist in numerous cities will be unable to sustain many viable wild plant …

Landscapes are representations of a range of possible ways of life and people may interpret
them in a variety of often conflicting ways. One expression of such tension occurs with …