Tourism, recreation, and climate change (Channel View Publications, 2005)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: tourism, recreation and climate change - C. Michael Hall, James Higham -- - Climate-tourism relationship and its relevance to climate change impact assessment - C.R. de Freitas -- - Evolution of the climate change issues in the tourism sector - Daniel Scott, Geoff Wall, Geoff McBoyle -- - Climate and policy changes: their implications for international tourism flows - Sue Mather, David Viner, Graham Todd -- - Mediterranean: how can the world's most popular and successful tourist destination adapt to a changing climate? - Allen Perry -- - Greenhouse gas emissions from tourism under the light of equity issues - Ghislain Dubois, Jean-Paul Ceron -- - Climate change and tourism and recreation in North America: exploring regional risks and opportunities - Daniel Scott, Geoff Wall, Geoff McBoyle -- - Nature tourism and climatic change in southern Africa - R.A. Preston-Whyte, H.K. Watson -- - Changing snow cover and winter tourism and recreation in the Scottish Highlands - S.J. Harrison, S.J. Winterbottom, R.C. Johnson -- - Climate change and tourism in the Swiss Alps - Rolf Bürki, Hans Elasser, Bruno Abegg, Urs Koenig -- - Effects of climate change on tourism demand and benefits in Alpine areas - Robert B. Richardson, John B. Loomis
Implications of climate change on tourism in Oceania - Stephen Craig-Smith, Lisa Ruhanen -- - Tourism, fossil fuel consumption and the impact on the global climate - Susanne Becken, David G. Simmons -- - Tourism and climate change adaptation: the Norwegian case - Carlo Aall, Karl G. Høyer -- - Tourism and the ozone hole: varying perceptions - L. Michael Trapasso -- - 'Everyone talks about the weather ... ' - Keith Dewar -- - Climate change, leisure-related tourism and global transport - Paul Peeters -- - Sustainable mobility and sustainable tourism - Karl G. Høyer, Carlo Aall -- - Tourism as victim, problem or solution: story lines of a complex industry-environment relation - Lotta Fränberg -- - Tourism's contribution to global environmental change: space, energy, disease, water - Stefan Gössling -- - Making tourism sustainable: the real challenge of climate change? - James Higham, C. Michael Hall
Annotation Climate change is one of the major issues facing us today and has been described as a threat greater than terrorism. As the worlds largest industry tourism both contributes to and will be dramatically affected by climate change. This is the first comprehensive book-level examination of the relationship between tourism and climate change, of interest not only to students of tourism but to policy makers and the industry who will have to respond to the challenges posed