Description
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.
Chapter
Chapter 2 The Climate–Tourism Relationship and its Relevance to Climate Change Impact Assessment
Chapter 3 The Evolution of the Climate Change Issue in the Tourism Sector
Part 2: The Effects of Climate Change on Tourist Flows and Recreation Patterns
Chapter 4 Climate and Policy Changes: Their Implications for International Tourism Flows
Chapter 5 The Mediterranean: How Can the World’s Most Popular and Successful Tourist Destination Adapt to a Changing Climate?
Chapter 6 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Tourism under the Light of Equity Issues
Chapter 7 Climate Change and Tourism and Recreation in North America: Exploring Regional Risks and Opportunities
Chapter 8 Nature Tourism and Climatic Change in Southern Africa
Chapter 9 Changing Snow Cover and Winter Tourism and Recreation
Chapter 10 Climate Change and Tourism in the Swiss Alps
Chapter 11 Effects of Climate Change on Tourism Demand and Bene.ts in Alpine Areas
Chapter 12 Implications of Climate Change on Tourism in Oceania
Chapter 13 Tourism, Fossil Fuel Consumption and the Impact on the Global Climate
Part 3: Adaptation and Response: Managing the Relationship Between Tourism, Recreation and Global Climate Change
Chapter 14 Tourism and Climate Change Adaptation: The Norwegian Case
Chapter 15 Tourism and the Ozone Hole: Varying Perceptions
Chapter 16 ‘Everyone Talks About the Weather . . .’
Chapter 17 Climate Change, Leisure-related Tourism and Global Transport
Chapter 18 Sustainable Mobility and Sustainable Tourism
Chapter 19 Tourism as Victim, Problem or Solution: Story Lines of a Complex Industry–Environment Relation
Chapter 20 Tourism’s Contribution to Global Environmental Change: Space, Energy, Disease, Water
Chapter 21 Making Tourism Sustainable: The Real Challenge of Climate Change?