邓金阳 博士
美国西弗吉尼亚大学，游憩、公园及旅游资源系
邓金阳，博士，1987年于中南林学院（现为中南林业科技大学）获农学学士学位。1987-1990年在同一学院从事森林旅游与资源保护研究并获硕士学位，曾为中南林学院森林旅游系副主任及森林旅游教研室主任。1997-1998由国家留学基金委公派到澳大利亚维多利亚大学餐饮，旅游及市场营销系作访问****，从事生态旅游研究。1999-2004在加拿大阿尔佰塔大学体育与游憩学院从事休闲与游憩研究并获博士学位。期间参与加拿大人文社会科学国家基金项目及其它项目研究多项。先后在《林业科学》，《旅游经济》，Annals of Tourism Research（旅游研究年刊）, Journal of Sustainable Tourism (持续旅游杂志), Leisure Sciences （休闲科学）, Journal of Leisure Research（休闲研究杂志） 及Environment and Behavior （环境与行为）等刊物发表论文30余篇。现为美国西弗吉利亚大学（West Virginia University） 副教授。 目前，主持美国农业部林务局项目“地理信息系统与生态旅游地的分类与评价研究”
Dr. Jingyang DENG
Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Resources Program,West Virginia University,USA
Deng Jinyang, Doctor, got his B.S. at Central South Forestry University(Now Central South University of Forestry and Technology). During 1987-1990, he stayed in CSFTU for the research of forestry tourism and resources protection. He was also the vice dean of the department of Forestry Tourism and the vice director of the same lab. From 1997-1998 He was sent to Victoria University of Technology in Australia to be a visiting scholar at the department of Hospitality, Tourism & Marketing, and studied ecological tourism. From 1999-2004 he did research at University of Alberta, Canada, and got his Ph.D. from Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation there. During that time, he took part in many research projects there, and had published more than 30 papers on periodicals like Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Environment and Behavior, etc.He is now an assistant professor at West Virginia University, USA, and is in charge of Identification and classification of forest-based ecotourism areas using geographical information systems (GIS) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP).

美国乡村旅游发展
摘要：美国乡村近一个世纪以来一直经历着急剧的变化，这在二战后尤其如此。全球化及美国经济重组使传统的乡村经济活动如农业，林业及煤矿业竞争力下降，乡村旅游就成为乡村经济复苏及经济多样化的一个重要且有效的手段。本文在参阅相关文献的基础上，概括和分析了乡村和乡村旅游的定义，美国乡村旅游的现状，发展历程及原因，及乡村旅游发展对社区的影响等。本文所提供的信息对中国乡村旅游的发展，管理和研究能起到一定的借鉴作用。
Rural Tourism Development in the United States of America
Abstract：Rural America has been experiencing a rapid transformation in many aspects over the past 100 years or so. This is particularly true after the Second World War. Globalization and economic restructure of the United States led to a decline in traditional agricultural, forestry, and mining jobs in many rural areas. As a result, rural tourism development was regarded as an important and effective means of rural economic revitalization and diversification. This paper, based on a brief literature review, presents the status quo of rural tourism of the United States in terms of rural tourism resources, recreation counties, and rural tourism development forms. In addition, the paper reviews the rural tourism development processes and driving forces in the country. Finally, both the positive and negative impacts of rural tourism are discussed. Information provided in this paper could be helpful for sustainable rural tourism development in China.