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| 科目一覧へ戻る | 2026/04/06 現在 |
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開講科目名 /Course |
自然観光特論/Natural Area Tourism | ||||||||||||||||
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時間割コード /Course Code |
T2T10123_T1 | ||||||||||||||||
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開講所属 /Course Offered by |
観光学研究科(前期)/Graduate School of Tourism | ||||||||||||||||
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ターム・学期 /Term・Semester |
2026年度/Academic Year 第3クォーター/3Q | ||||||||||||||||
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曜限 /Day, Period |
木/Thu 5 | ||||||||||||||||
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開講区分 /Semester offered |
後期/the latter term | ||||||||||||||||
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単位数 /Credits |
2.0 | ||||||||||||||||
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学年 /Year |
1,2 | ||||||||||||||||
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主担当教員 /Main Instructor |
Abhik Chakraborty/CHAKRABORTY Abhik | ||||||||||||||||
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授業形態 /Lecture Form |
講義 | ||||||||||||||||
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教室 /Classroom |
西2号館W2-202/W2-202 | ||||||||||||||||
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開講形態 /Course Format |
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ディプロマポリシー情報 /Diploma Policy |
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教員名 /Instructor |
教員所属名 /Affiliation |
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| Abhik Chakraborty/CHAKRABORTY Abhik | 観光学部(教員) |
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授業の概要・ねらい /Course Aims |
This is a graduate school course. It will provide insights with two important analytical angles, 'ecology' and 'landscape' to develop knowledge on change in the natural environment of tourism destinations. The course will mainly deal with Protected Areas (PA) such as national parks, wilderness reserves and UNESCO World Natural Heritage areas. Through these, students will also be able to develop in-depth knowledge of complex issues in nature based tourism planning and implementation and familiarize themselves with a number of case studies. | ||||
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到達目標 /Course Objectives |
Students are expected to a. Develop knowledge of critical issues faced by natural destinations today. b. Analyze the ecological landscape and nature of human impact on it c. develop the knowhow of monitoring natural areas d. Learn about visitor management strategies e. Develop analytical skills to write about critical issues in natural area tourism and present logically consistent arguments. |
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成績評価の方法・基準 /Grading Policies/Criteria |
Participation in class discussion: 20%, Presentation: 40%, Report 40% | ||||
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教科書 /Textbook |
Natural Area Tourism: Ecology, Impacts and Management. David Newsome, Susan Moore & Ross Dowling. Channel View Publications, 2002. ISBN 978-1845413811. ¥4239 (kindle) | ||||
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参考書・参考文献 /Reference Book |
Wildland recreation: Ecology and management. William Hammitt, David Cole & Christopher Monz, Wiley Blackwell, 2015. ISBN 978-1118397008 ¥8571. | ||||
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履修上の注意 ・メッセージ /Notice for Students |
Students are expected to ・Attend classes regularly ・Participate actively in discussions ・Study the text and reference materials as applicable ・Willing to develop a project term paper based on one or more critical issue(s) in natural area tourism Students will be asked to present or one or more issues covered in the class. They will also be required to undertake reading assignments, and to write a final report. |
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履修を推奨する関連科目 /Related Courses |
NA | ||||
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授業時間外学修(予習・復習等)の内容 /students learning outside of the class, preparation and review are included |
Students are encouraged to download relevant articles from tourism journals accessible from the University campus | ||||
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その他連絡事項 /Other messages |
This is a graduate school course so students are expected to actively take part in reading and writing assignments. | ||||
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授業理解を深める方法 /How to deepen your understanding of classes |
The course will feature Active Learning components 9,11, 7,4. Interested students can email me : abhich78@wakayama-u.ac.jp (You can mail me any time) Or visit my Office during office hour or with prior appointment. |
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オフィスアワー /Office Hours |
Basically I am available 1 pm -5 pm on workdays excepting class or research trips. Particularly the following timings are advised for consultation. Wed 1 pm onwards, Fri 1 pm onwards at T111 (please email me beforehand to set up appointment). |
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科目ナンバリング /Course Numbering |
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実務経験のある教員等による授業科目 /Practical Experience |
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| No. | 回(日時) /Time (date and time) |
主題と位置付け /Subjects and position in the whole course |
学習方法と内容 /Methods and contents |
備考(担当) /Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | Introduction and orientation | What is Nature based tourism? Different types of natural Area Tourism (NAT). | |
| 2 | 2 | Fundamental concepts part 1 | The ecological landscape part 1 | |
| 3 | 3 | Fundamental concepts part 2 | The ecological landscape part 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | Fundamental concepts part 3 | Protected area types and concepts | |
| 5 | 5 | Fundamental concepts part 4 | Tourism impacts in sensitive environmental part 1 | |
| 6 | 6 | Fundamental concepts part 5 | Tourism impacts in sensitive environmental part 2 | |
| 7 | 7 | Fundamental concepts part 6 | Visitor management frameworks | |
| 8 | 8 | Case studies part 1 | Coral reef and tourism | |
| 9 | 9 | Case Studies part 2 | Mountain environments and tourism | |
| 10 | 10 | Critical readings 1 | Does nature matter? Arguing for a biophysical turn in the ecotourism narrative. Journal of Ecotourism 18 | |
| 11 | 11 | Critical readings 2 | Emplacing non-human voices in tourism research: the role of dissensus as a qualitative method. Tourism Geographies, 23, | |
| 12 | 12 | Critical readings 3 | Tourism and sustainability at a crossroads in Shiretoko UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site in Japan Journal of Heritage Tourism 18 | |
| 13 | 13 | Critical readings 4 | Emplacing Ecological Grief in Last Chance Tourism: Cryospheric Change and Travel in the Arctic Tourism and Hospitality 5 | |
| 14 | 14 | Recent debates | Last chance tourism, Telecoupling processes | |
| 15 | 15 | Final lecture and presentations | Presentations and feedback, final wrap up |