Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 25, 2026
07:13
Orienteering as a Tool for Cognitive Research: An Implementation Guide
Published on: November 29, 2024
User-centered ecotourism development
1The User's Advocate, Delft. laura@theusersadvocate.com
Work (Reading, Mass.)
|February 10, 2012
Summary
Knowledge transfer in ecotourism projects requires a bottom-up approach, involving cultural immersion and new organizational structures. This facilitates co-creation and reveals latent patterns for sustainable development.
Area of Science:
- Ecotourism
- Community Development
- Organizational Studies
Background:
- Knowledge transfer in ecotourism is a reciprocal process.
- Bottom-up development involves cultural immersion and organizational restructuring.
- Facilitated workshops can reveal latent patterns like leadership and business associations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore user-centered ecotourism development.
- To analyze knowledge transfer dynamics in ecotourism projects.
- To develop guidelines for cross-cultural ecotourism cooperation.
Main Methods:
- Case study research in Bali, Indonesia.
- Facilitated brainstorms and workshops.
- Analysis of hierarchical structures and cultural differences.
Main Results:
- Identified the importance of cultural submersion for co-creation.
- Revealed latent patterns in leadership, business association, and education.
- Highlighted the need for careful analysis of hierarchical differences between cooperating countries.
Conclusions:
- A bottom-up approach offers promising starting points for ecotourism systems.
- Guidelines were developed for user-centered ecotourism development.
- Cross-cultural collaboration requires sensitivity to local contexts and structures.
Related Concept Videos
02:02Ecological Niches
All organisms have a position within an ecosystem. The complete set of living and nonliving factors—including food resources, climate, and terrain—that define the position of a given organism are collectively referred to as the organism’s ecological niche.
01:43Sustainable Development
As the human population continues to grow and use resources, we must be mindful of our planet’s natural limits. Sustainable development provides a pathway to maintain and improve human life now while also ensuring that future generations will have the resources that they need. The long-term success of sustainability efforts rests on understanding the interplay between human actions and ecological systems.
01:17What is an Ecosystem?
Overview
02:26Ecological Disturbance
An ecological disturbance is a temporary disruption in the environment resulting from abiotic, biotic, or anthropogenic factors, causing a pronounced change in an ecosystem. The impact of an ecological disturbance, which can depend on its intensity, frequency, and spatial distribution, plays a significant role in shaping the species diversity within the ecosystem.
02:17Ecological Succession
Ecological succession is influenced by the processes of facilitation, inhibition, and toleration. Facilitation occurs when early successional species create more favorable ecological conditions for subsequent species, such as enhanced nutrient, water, or light availability. In contrast, inhibition happens when early successional species create unfavorable ecological conditions for potential successive species, such as limiting resource availability. In some cases, later successional species...
01:24Biodiversity and Human Values
Human civilization relies on biodiversity in many ways. Sudden changes in species biodiversity result in environmental changes that can modify weather patterns and therefore human civilizations.