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"Over centuries, agriculture has developed through technological steps illustrated by previous agricultural revolutions. This book describes and analyses agricultural changes since the mid-1960s in the context of innovation development and their adoption by re-visited resource-poor farmers in...

"Humans and animals have developed multiple and complex interactions in the fields of tourism, leisure, and development. However, much of the existing research on how humans and animals interact in these fields has emerged from within the context of developed countries. As a result, little has...

"Japan produces more rice than its population now eats, and struggles to export the surpluses. This book describes the history behind this problem and describes how Japan will deal with it in the future." - Provided by publisher

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Introduction / Konstantinos Andriotis -- (De)growth imperative : the importance of destination resilience in the context of overtourism / Martin Fontanari, Anastasia Traskevich and Hugues Seraphin -- Community-based tourism in degrowth perspective / Ernest Cañada -- Degrowing the...

Introduction to The Elephant Tourism Business / John Koldowski, Eric Laws, Noel Scott and Xavier Font -- Section 1. Personal Experiences of Elephant Tourism -- Section 2. Expectations and Experiences of Interactions with Elephants -- Section 3. Ethical and Moral Perspectives -- Section 4....