"Carrying capacity" as a paradigm to manage the impacts of recreation and tourism in natural areas

Authors

  • Paulo Santos Pires Universidade do Vale do Itajaí - UNIVALE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-4867.v16i1p5-28

Keywords:

tourism and recreation, environment, impacts, carrying capacity, administration.

Abstract

The incorporation of the concept of carrying capacity by the tourism and by the recreation while activities with great interest and performance based on the natural environments, is providing a wide and fertile approach field, particularly in the academic circle. ln this context, seeking to contribute for the formation of a knowledge base in the area, this paper offers a conceptual and methodological contribution centered in the paradigm of the load capacity, embracing its focuses, typologies as well as the methods of administration of the impacts that have been created and applied above all
at the developed countries. It is not just a bibliographical sweeping on the theme, but of a systematization and delimitation effort of the pertinent content, in function of the interest and of the need of research that is verified
now in the academic circle identified above.

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Author Biography

  • Paulo Santos Pires, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí - UNIVALE
    Engenheiro florestal. Professor e pesquisador do Curso de Pós-Graduação (Stricto Sensu) em Turismo e Hotelaria da Universidade do Vale do Itajaí - UNlVALE.

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Published

2005-05-30

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2005)

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Articles

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How to Cite

PIRES, Paulo Santos. "Carrying capacity" as a paradigm to manage the impacts of recreation and tourism in natural areas. Revista Turismo em Análise, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 16, n. 1, p. 5–28, 2005. DOI: 10.11606/issn.1984-4867.v16i1p5-28. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/rta/article/view/63717. Acesso em: 7 feb. 2026.