While there is a considerable literature on waterfalls, most of it is either plainly
descriptive or impressionistic. Much has been written on waterfalls as energy
resources, but as resources for recreation and tourism they have been largely neglected
in scholarly literature. In an attempt to address this lacuna, the present study seeks to
demonstrate how waterfalls can be categorised and discussed within the theoretical
frameworks developed by economists, geographers and others who have contributed to
the study of recreation and tourism, and the exploitation of landscape resources.While there is a considerable literature on waterfalls, most of it is either plainly
descriptive or impressionistic. Much has been written on waterfalls as energy
resources, but as resources for recreation and tourism they have been largely neglected
in scholarly literature. In an attempt to address this lacuna, the present study seeks to
demonstrate how waterfalls can be categorised and discussed within the theoretical
frameworks developed by economists, geographers and others who have contributed to
the study of recreation and tourism, and the exploitation of landscape resources.