Protected Areas and Regional Development in Europe : Towards a New Model for the 21st Century

Contents: Foreword Part I Theoretical Background: A new paradigm for protected areas in Europe?, Ingo Mose and Norbert Weixlbaumer Protected areas and regional development: conflicts and opportunities, Thomas Hammer. Part II Selected Case Studies: Biosphere reserves: an instrument for sustainable regional development? The case of Entlebuch, Switzerland, Thomas Hammer Can tourism promote regional development in protected areas? Case studies from the biosphere reserves Slovensky Kras and Polana, Slovakia, Birgit Nolte Nature parks and regional development in Austria: a case study of the nature park A-tscher-TormAuer, Christine Gamper, Martin Heintel, Michael Leitner and Norbert Weixlbaumer Hohe Tauern national park: a model for protected areas in the Alps?, Ingo Mose Regional development and the French national parks. The case of the Vanoise national park, Isabelle Mauz Preserving the man made environment: a case study of the Cinque Terre national park, Italy, Stefan Kah National parks and rural development in Spain, Andreas Voth Market-driven governance of biodiversity: an analysis of the MA ritz national park (Germany) from a marketing perspective, Markus Liebenath A future model for protected areas and sustainable tourism development: the new national parks in Scotland, L. Rory MacLellan Protected areas and regional development issues in northern peripheries: nature protection, traditional economies and tourism in the Urho Kekkonen national park, Finland, Jarkko Saarinen The economic potential of regional nature parks in Switzerland: a case study of the planned regional nature parks in the Canton of Berne, Dominik Siegrist, Marco Aufdereggen, Florian Lintzmeyer and Harry Spiess. Part III Synthesis: Protected areas and regional development in Europe: towards a new model for the 21st century, Thomas Hammer, Ingo Mose, Dominik Siegrist and Norbert Weixlbaumer Index.