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of reference for the whole book, addressing key aspects which are addressed
in separate chapters. The model is shaped around the concepts of type, set-
ting, scale, management structure and the wider policy environment that
has shaped tourism development and infrastructure within certain defined
geographic settings.
The model has a nested hierarchical form, which has at its center the
experiential dimension of tourists and recreationists engaging in trails and
routes (either in a casual, purposive or accidental form) as part of a leisure
experience or its totality, shaped around the necessary supply in terms of
types of trails and routes (including paths, bridleways, greenways and tour
circuits), their settings in which they occur (wilderness/peripheral, rural,
rural-urban fringe and urban), the scale involved (mega, binational or multi-
national, national, regional and local) and finally their rationale (culture and
heritage, nature-based or mixed). These elements of the model are shaped by
a range of factors such as the administrative structures imposed on how the
trails are managed (single ownership, partnerships, top-down or grass roots)
marketed (as part of a wider attraction mix, or exclusively as a primary
attraction) and the impacts they face. All of this takes place within the wider
macro policy environment for tourism and recreation in which trail/route
development is only one element of national, regional and local policies.
All of the model's elements are addressed in detail within the topic, start-
ing with types (supply) of trail and routes - the focus of Chapters 2 and 3.
These two chapters examine in detail cultural, nature-based and mixed
routes and some of the contemporary critical issues surrounding them. On
the flipside, demand for trails and routes is addressed in depth in Chapter 4,
emphasizing the uses of trails, market characteristics and behavioral aspects.
The ecological, social and economic impacts arising from cultural and natu-
ral corridor usage are the focus of Chapter 5, including positive and negative
outcomes of trails from both community members' and tourists' perspec-
tives. Chapter 6 highlights the planning and development of routes and
trails, looking particularly at the macro policy arena in terms of designation
policies, legislation, planning and design. The seventh chapter examines the
management of trails once they have been established, addressing issues such
as maintenance, visitor management and monitoring. Chapter 8 provides
reflections on the main ideas brought out in the topic and provides direction
for future academic discourse on trails and routes.
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