New issues in polar tourism communities, environments, politics (Springer, 2013)
Outgrowth of the second International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) conference held in 2010 at Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden. Cf. pref. and p. [4] of cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
Looking back, venturing forward : challenges for academia, community and industry in polar tourism research / Patrick T. Maher -- What is Arctic tourism, and who should define it? / Arvid Viken -- Narrative frameworks of consideration : horizontal and vertical approaches to conceptualising the sub-Antarctic / Eric J. Shelton -- Reaching consensus on Antarctic tourism regulation / Kees Bastmeijer and Machiel Lamers -- The effectiveness of environmental impact assessments on visitor activity in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica / Tanya A. O'Neill, Megan R. Balks, and Jerónimo López-Martínez -- German tourism activities in the Antarctic area : a governmental perspective / Manuela Krakau and Heike Herata -- The wild north : network cooperation for sustainable tourism in a fragile marine environment in the Arctic region / Sandra Magdalena Granquist and Per Åke Nilsson -- Tourism resolving crisis? : exploring tourism development in Iceland in the wake of economic recession / Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson and Edward H. Huijbens -- A (ski) trip into the future : climate change and winter tourism in polar Sweden in 2040 / Patrick Brouder and Linda Lundmark -- Conflicting discourses in tourism development : a case of Kilpisjärvi Village, Finnish Lapland / Tuukka Mäkitie and Anna-Liisa Ylisirniö -- Will "free entry into the forest" remain? : argumentation analysis of Finnish and Swedish discussions on everyman's rights / Seija Tuulentie and Outi Rantala -- National parks for tourism development in sub-Arctic areas : curse or blessing? : the case of a proposed national park in northern Sweden / Dieter K. Müller -- Indigenous people : discussing the forgotten dimension of dark tourism and battlefield tourism / Raynald H. Lemelin, Anna Thompson-Carr, Margaret Johnston, Emma Stewart, and Jackie Dawson