本文透過永續觀光與生態旅遊等都市生態旅遊相關性概念的歷史論述,回顧都市生態旅遊概念浮現的時代背景,並由研究地區的演變確認都市地區於生態旅遊研究浮現的位置。生態旅遊分級的概念則被引入,透過淺層生態旅遊與深層生態旅遊的兩極光譜,確定生態旅遊立基於人類中心主義的實務觀點,並界定都市生態旅遊的存在空間。另外,都市生態旅遊相關研究亦被納入作為探討批判之依據,以作為相關研究的調整建議。最後,都市生態旅遊個別分離詞彙與其組成亦被列入論證過程。透過此一連串嚴謹的推論,本文確認都市生態旅遊存在之正當性,並發掘其與傳統生態旅遊概念的差異性。
This paper has reviewed the emerging concept of urban ecotourism basing on the evolvement of relative concepts, including sustainable tourism (ST) and ecotourism. The fact that urban areas can be included in the discussion of ecotourism has also been proved by literature review. Furthermore, the idea of ecotourism spectrum, including shallow ecotourism and deep ecotourism, has been introduced to strengthen the hypothesis that ecotourism is based on anthropocentrism, and urban ecotourism has been confirmed to exist. The research of urban ecotourism has also been reviewed and criticized to discover some new issues of urban ecotourism. Then each separated term of urban ecotourism and their combinations have been analyzed to prove the legitimacy of urban ecotourism. In conclusion, the validity of urban ecotourism is confirmed, and the differences of ecotourism between urban areas and remote ones are mentioned.