Designing Ecotourism Facilities Assignment

Web Assignment: Search the Web on the Ecotourism Industry

To complete this assignment successfully, you should:

1. Read the assignment carefully
2. Review the web site Design Guidelines for Maho Bay Camps, Inc.and the U.S. National Park Service

    Answer the following questions related to the Maho Bay Camps

1. Where is Maho Bay Camps located?

2. How many units do they currently have? and what are the unit dimensions?

3. Define the word "sustainability."

4. Define the word "interpretation."

5. What is the "ideal situation" for "sustainable design?"

6. List the materials used in the Maho eco-tent.

7. Describe the type and reason for the walkways used in Maho.

8. What is a composting toilet? cistern?

9. How do they generate electric power?

10. What is the difference between gray water and black water? What, if any, are the uses for each?

Copy this list of questions then answer the questions and send your assignment in the body of an e-mail (not as an attachment) to charles.hammersley@nau.edu.

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