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TS-5: Ecology Environment and Tourism

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TS-5: Ecology, Environment and Tourism is a 08 Credits Course offered in the BTS programme of the School, i.e. School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Management, IGNOU. The course consists of 09 blocks and 31 Units.As the name of the course suggests, this course is about the interlinkage between environment and tourism.We now understand that the protection of the environment whiledeveloping tourism is a challenge. It is pertinent that we concern ourselves with the ecological stress upon tourism development and tread carefully to ensure that environmental degradation from reckless growth of tourism is checked. This course reflects upon these changing concerns. In this course we will discuss and learn the measures by which the Adverse effect on the ecology and environment, specially due to tourism can be checked and averted, while at the same time ensuring that the overall tourism quality and experience is improved.

Syllabus

BLOCKUNITTITLE OF THE UNITTITLE OF THE VIDEOWEEKBLOCK 1Unit 1Our EnvironmentPart - 1WEEK # 1Part - 2Part - 3Unit 2Linkages in NaturePart - 1Part - 2Part - 3Unit 3Biomes of The WorldPart - 1WEEK # 2Part - 2Part - 3Part - 4Part - 5Part - 6Unit 4Communities in NaturePart - 1WEEK # 3Part - 2Part - 3Part - 4BLOCK 2Unit 5Conservation Through AgesPart - 1WEEK # 4Part - 2Unit 6Environmental Parameters And TourismPart - 1Part - 2Unit 7Indian Philosophy And EnvironmentPart - 1Part - 2BLOCK 3Unit 8Environment And DevelopmentPart - 1WEEK # 5Part - 2Unit 9Concepts Of DevelopmentPart - 1Part - 2Unit 10Responsible Tourism - BenefitsPart - 1Part - 2BLOCK 4Unit 11Access, Infrastructure And Land Use: Basic IssuesPart - 1WEEK # 6Part - 2Unit 12Community And Regional AssetsPart - 1Part - 2Unit 13Multiplier Effect: Benefits and ConsequencePart - 1Part - 2BLOCK 5Unit 14Practice and PotentialPart - 1WEEK # 7Part - 2Unit 15Site and Locational PlanningPart - 1Part - 2Unit 16Uneven Regional/NationalPart - 1WEEK # 8Part - 2Unit 17AlternativesPart - 1Part - 2BLOCK 6Unit 18Tourism Policy and Its ImpactsPart - 1WEEK # 9Part - 2Unit 19InfrastructurePart - 1Part - 2Unit 20Environmental Degradation and tourismPart - 1WEEK # 10Part - 2Unit 21Acts and LawsPart - 1Unit 22Politics of EnvironmentPart - 1Part - 2BLOCK 7Unit 23Identifying Pressures and Understanding ThresholdsPart - 1Week # 11Part - 2Unit 24Host/Local PopulationPart - 1Part - 2Unit 25Visitor BehaviourPart - 1Part - 2BLOCK 8Unit 26Vegetation and WildlifePart - 1WEEK # 12Part - 2Part - 3Part - 4Part - 5Unit 27MountainsPart - 1WEEK # 13Part - 2Part - 3Part - 4Part - 5BLOCK 9Unit 28WetlandsPart - 1WEEK # 14Part - 2Part - 3Unit 29Islands and BeachesPart - 1Part - 2Part - 3Unit 30Sports – Adventure, Golf, WaterPart - 1WEEK # 15Part - 2Part - 3Part - 4Unit 31Hotels and ResortsPart - 1WEEK # 16Part - 2Part - 3

Taught by

Prof. Paramita Suklabaidya

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