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Managing the managers managing people: Lessons for recreation and water management in protected areas

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Ingram, C.
Hughes, Michael
Date
2010
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Conference Paper

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Ingram, Colin and Hughes, Michael. 2010. Managing the managers managing people: Lessons for recreation and water management in protected areas, in Goossen, M. and Elands, B. and van Marwijk, R. (ed), 5th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen University and Research Centre.
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Proceedings of the 5th international conference on monitoring and management of visitor flows in recreational and protected areas
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5th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas
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Curtin Business School
The Curtin Sustainable Tourism Centre
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Centre for Sustainable Tourism
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These conference proceedings are open access, you can download them from http://edepot.wur.nl/148461

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Many of Australia’s critical urban water resources are located within protected areas, originally reserved for their timber production, recreation and aesthetic values. Later, these areas were also recognised for their conservation value and as reliable, potable water supplies. This paper presents a case study of water source protection planning in urban water catchments and impoundments in the south west of Western Australia and the impacts on recreation and tourism access in protected areas. Inland water catchments in the Southwest of Western Australia have historically been, and are currently, popular resources for public recreation. Recreation includes a broad range of leisure, pastime and entertainment activities ranging from passive through to active pursuits that vary in their character and potential for environmental impacts.