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Geoff Wall
Professor
Geography and Environmental Management
Contact Information:
Phone: +1-519-888-4567 ext. 33609
Office: EV1 - 226
Email: gwall(at)uwaterloo.ca
Personal Homepage: Visit website |
Degrees:
| Ph.D. |
University of Hull, United Kingdom, 1970 |
| M.A. |
University of Toronto, Canada, 1968 |
| Cert. Ed. |
Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 1967 |
| B.A. |
Leeds University, United Kingdom, 1966 |
Academic Honours:
- 2004 - Honorary Professorship, Dalian University of Technology
- 2000 -
Hainan (China) Friendship Award
- 2000 -
Honorary Professorship, Nanjing University
- 2000 - John Rooney Award, Association of American Geographers
- 1991 - Roy Wolfe Award, Association of American Geographers
Research Interests:
Professor Wall's research focuses on tourism; recreation; socio-economic
implications of climate change. He is involved in several tourism and environmental
projects in China.
Contact Geoff Wall for more information on research opportunities.
Graduate Student Supervision:
| |
# of students currently
supervising/co-supervising |
Total # of student
supervisions/co-supervisions |
| Masters |
4 |
68 |
| PhD |
10 |
24 |
Recent/Key Publications:
- Wall, G. (Ed) 2007 Approaching Tourism, Department of Geography Occasional publication 21, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, 238 pp.
- Wall, G. 2007 'Insights on tourism from a Chinese research agenda' China Tourism Research 3(1), 168-187.
- Wall, G. 2007 'Some thoughts on tourism planning' Leisure / Loisir: Journal of the Canadian Association of Leisure Studies 31(2), 393-402.
- Collins-Kreiner, N. and Wall, G. 2007 'Evaluating tourism potential: a SWOT analysis of the Western Negev, Israel' Tourism 55(1), 51-63.
- Dan, S., Wall, G. and Eagles, P. 2007 'Emerging governance approaches for tourism in the protected areas of China' Environmental Management 39(6), 749-759.
- Gu, K. and Wall, G. 2007 'Rapid urbanization in a transitional economy in China: the case of Hainan island' Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 28(2), 158-170.
- Huang, X., Wall, G. and Bao, J. 2007 'Comparative review of research on environmental impacts of tourism in English and Chinese literature' Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 12(2), 33-46.
- Huang, Y.B., Wall, G. and Mitchell,C.J.A. 2007 'Creative destruction in Zhu Jia Jiao' Annals of Tourism Research 34(4), 1033-1055.
- Wang, Y. and Wall, G. 2007 'Administrative
arrangements and displacement compensation in top-down tourism
planning: A Case from Hainan Province, China' Tourism Management 28(1), 70-82.
- F. Xu, F. and G. Wall, G. 2007 'Ecotourism in Yancheng wetland, China' Tourism Recreation Research, 32(1), 11-19.
Read a complete list of publications
Courses Taught:
- GEOG 323: Perspectives on International Tourism
- GEOG 603: Consequences of Tourism
- GEOG 671: Contemporary Perspectives on Tourism
- TOUR 602: Research Methods
