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examination of the economic impact of Gibraltar Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University,
on the economy of the Campo de Gibraltar. Beppu, Japan, professor emeritus, Mie University,
ymora@bournemouth.ac.uk Japan and visiting professor, Faculty of Science,
Kinshasa University, Dem. Rep. of Congo.
David Newsome PhD is an associate professor sangank@apu.ac.jp
in the School of Environmental Science at
Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia and Young Kwan Sohn PhD is a professor in the
holds degrees in botany, soil science and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
geomorphology. His research activities focus on at the Gyeongsang National University in Jinju,
the sustainable use of landscapes and the Republic of Korea. His research interest and field
assessment and management of recreational of expertise is classic sedimentology.
activity in protected areas. His research interests yksohn@gnu.ac.kr
focus on the environmental impacts of tourism in
national parks and nature reserves and geotourism. Ariane Struck is presently finalizing her PhD
David is the lead author of two books – Natural thesis at the University Duisburg-Essen (Germany),
Area Tourism: Ecology, impacts and management and Department of Geography, which is most likely the
Wildlife Tourism – and, along with Ross Dowling, first PhD covering the aspects of volcano tourism.
co-editor of Geotourism, a book which lays the Ariane is also managing a tourism company with 20
foundation for the emergence of geotourism. employees focusing on short trips within Germany.
D.Newsome@murdoch.edu.au Ariane.Struck@verwoehnwochenende.de

Nick Petford PhD is pro vice-chancellor (research Kazem Vafadari PhD is currently involved in a
and enterprise) at Bournemouth University. He is JSPS-UNU postdoctoral programme with United
a geologist by training and has worked on academic Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies
and commercial research projects throughout the Operating Unit Ishikawa Kanazawa (UNU-IAS
world, most recently as a consultant to the OUIK) and Kanazawa University. Dr Vafadari’s
Department for International Development research focuses on the role of rural tourism in
(DFID) on the management of volcanic hazard rural revitalization and conservation of natural
monitoring on Montserrat. He is former council resources in so-called rural landscapes of Satoyama
member of the Geological Society, London, former and Satoumi in Japan.
vice-president of the Mineralogical Society of kazemv@gmail.com
Great Britain and Ireland and current section chair
of IAVCEI. He has held visiting professor Christoph Weber contributed facts and images
appointments at the University of Vermont (USA) to this book. His background is electronic
and Macquarie University (Australia). engineering, but he also operates the German
npetford@bournemouth.ac.uk based travel agency VEI (Vulkanexpeditionen
International, www.v-e-i.de). His research interests
Richard Roscoe PhD is currently working as a take him all over the world, usually in the wake of
patent examiner at the European Patent Office erupting volcanoes such as Ol Doinyo Lengai in
Munich in the biotechnology field. Dr Roscoe’s Tanzania, Krakatau in Indonesia, Pinatubo in the
spare time is dedicated to the study and photographic Philippines and Santa Maria in Guatemala, which
documentation of volcanoes and geothermal areas, are just a few of the sites he has visited.
as made available on his scientifically detailed mail@v-e-i.de
website www.photovolcanica.com
rr@photovolcanica.com Kyung Sik Woo PhD is a professor in the Department
of Geology at the Kangwon National University in
Alfred Kazadi Sanga-Ngoie PhD is doctor of Chuncheon, Republic of Korea. Dr Woo’s research
science (geophysics: environmental and atmosphere interests and fields of expertise are carbonate
science), Kyoto University, Japan. Now professor of sedimentology, cave geology and palaeoclimatology.
environmental geoscience, Graduate School of Asia wooks@kangwon.ac.kr

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