Tourism research to tourism practice: The need for adaptive institutions in Western Australia's Ningaloo region

Authors

Kelly Chapman, Edith Cowan University
Pierre Horwitz, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Pascal Scherrer, Edith Cowan University
Jeremy Northcote, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

CAUTHE

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

School of Natural Sciences / Centre for Ecosystem Management

RAS ID

8606

Comments

Chapman, K. J., Horwitz, P. , Scherrer, P. , & Northcote, J. K. (2009). Tourism research to tourism practice: The need for adaptive institutions in Western Australia's Ningaloo region. Proceedings of CAUTHE Conference. (pp. 1-8). Fremantle, Australia. Conference website available here.

Abstract

The Ningaloo Collaboration Cluster (NCC) conducts research to develop research-backed management options that sustain the ecological integrity of the area. Such options success depends on adaptive capacity of the institutions responsible for governing tourism activities in the Ningaloo area.