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Tourism and the implications of climate change [electronic resource] : issues and actions / edited by Christian Schott.

Contributor(s): Schott, ChristianMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Bridging tourism theory and practice ; 3.Publication details: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 368 p.) : illISBN: 9780857246202 (electronic bk.) :Subject(s): Business & Economics -- Industries -- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism | Travel -- General | Tourism industry | The environment | Tourism -- Environmental aspects | Climatic changesAdditional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 338.4791 LOC classification: G156.5.E58 | T68 2010Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

ch. 1. Tourism and climate change / Christian Schott, Andy Reisinger, Taciano L. Milfont -- ch. 2. A review of the current science of climate change / Ernesto Rodr�guez-Camino -- ch. 3. Climate change and tourism / Luigi Cabrini -- ch. 4. Tourism transport, technology and carbon dioxide emissions / Paul Peeters -- ch. 5. The hospitality sector / Piotr Zientara and Paulina Bohdanowicz -- ch. 6. The cruise sector and its environmental impact / Ross A. Klein -- ch. 7. Case study : environmental sustainability in New Zealand's budget accommodation sector / Stephanie Haskell and Jonathan Tunnell -- ch. 8. Case study / Lynn Briggs -- ch. 9. Case Study / Wouter Staal -- ch. 10. Tourism and climate change / Douglas G. Pearce, Christian Schott -- ch. 11. Australia's tourism carbon footprint / Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth, Serajul Hoque, Ray Spurr -- ch. 12. Tourists' cyber tales, climate change, and new media / Peter M. Burns, Lyn Bibbings, Agnes Wrobel -- ch. 13. Case study / Rachel Dodds and Sonya Graci -- ch. 14. Climate change and adaptation at regional and local scale / Andreas Matzarakis -- ch. 15. Climate change and tourism in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region / Timofey Agarin, Jens Jetzkowitz, Andreas Matzarakis -- ch. 16. Logan's run / Ian Yeoman, Mariska Wouters -- ch. 17. Case study : moving to carbon clean destinations / Terry DeLacy and Geoffrey Lipman -- ch. 18. Epilogue / Christian Schott.

Summary: This volume provides a valuable platform for knowledge exchange between different disciplines and for learning from both theory and practice in the context of tourism and climate change. The academic and case-study chapters in this volume provide a contextualization of tourism and climate change science, an examination of issues and actions in different countries and with different tourism consumers, and looks at the supply, adaptation and innovation of tourism products. Subjects examined are as diverse as: the European hotel sector; the North American cruise tourism industry; New Zealand youth hostels and campervans; Australia's tourism industrys GHG footprint; climate forecasts in the Baltic States; heat stress conditions in Spain; the Tourism Earth Lung initiative in Sri Lanka; and online discussions in cybercommunities. The different disciplinary perspectives presented in this volume include anthropology, climatology, climate change studies, economics, environmental sustainability, hospitality, policy and planning, psychology, scenario planning, and transport studies and contributions originate from eight developed countries across three continents.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-368).

This volume provides a valuable platform for knowledge exchange between different disciplines and for learning from both theory and practice in the context of tourism and climate change. The academic and case-study chapters in this volume provide a contextualization of tourism and climate change science, an examination of issues and actions in different countries and with different tourism consumers, and looks at the supply, adaptation and innovation of tourism products. Subjects examined are as diverse as: the European hotel sector; the North American cruise tourism industry; New Zealand youth hostels and campervans; Australia's tourism industrys GHG footprint; climate forecasts in the Baltic States; heat stress conditions in Spain; the Tourism Earth Lung initiative in Sri Lanka; and online discussions in cybercommunities. The different disciplinary perspectives presented in this volume include anthropology, climatology, climate change studies, economics, environmental sustainability, hospitality, policy and planning, psychology, scenario planning, and transport studies and contributions originate from eight developed countries across three continents.

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