Tourism and climate change : risks and opportunities /
By: Becken, Susanne.
Contributor(s): Hay, John E.
Series: Climate change, economies, and society.Publisher: Clevedon, UK ; Buffalo : Channel View Publications, c2007Description: xix, 329 p. : ill. maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781845410667 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781845410667:; 1845410661 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781845410674 (hardback : alk. paper); 184541067X (hardback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Tourism -- Environmental aspects | Climatic changes -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 338.4791Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-327) and index.
Illustrative material -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The tourism-climate system -- Introduction -- The tourism system -- The climate system -- Examples of tourism-climate interactions -- Conclusions -- 3. Case studies of the tourism-climate system -- Introduction -- Climate change and tourism in Alpine Europe -- Climate change and tourism in small island countries -- Insurance, climate change and tourism -- International aviation -- Conclusions -- 4. An overview of tourism -- Introduction -- Who is a tourist and what is tourism? -- Tourist destinations - main global tourist flows -- Economic importance of tourism -- Observed tourism trends -- Conclusions -- 5. Global and regional climate change -- Introduction -- The causes of global climate change -- Climate variability and extremes -- Atmospheric ozone and climate change -- Futures for climate and tourism -- Uncertainties, abrupt climate change and 'surprises' -- Conclusions --
6. Methodologies for greenhouse gas accounting -- Introduction -- Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions -- Accounting framework -- Bottom-up analysis of tourism industries -- Bottom-up analysis of tourist travel behaviour -- Top-down analysis -- Conclusions -- 7. Climate change mitigation measures -- Introduction -- Transport -- Tourism businesses -- Carbon compensation projects for tourism -- Conclusions -- 8. Climate change-related risks and adaptation -- Introduction -- Overview of adaptation -- A risk-based approach to adaptation by the tourism sector -- Characterisation and management of climate change-related risks to tourism -- Conclusions -- 9. Climate change policies and practices for tourism -- Introduction -- Global context -- Underlying policy principles -- Business practices and managing climate change -- National policy making -- Conclusions -- 10. Conclusion -- References -- Index.
This title provides a comprehensive discussion of the latest knowledge in the field of tourism and climate change. It is aimed at tourism practitioners and those with an academic interest in tourism management, and climate change mitigation, adaptation and policy.