Stefan Gossling / C MICHAEL HALL (eds.)

Tourism and Global Environmental Change

Ecological, Economic, Social and Political Interrelationships
Herausgeber: Hall, Michael C; Gössling, Stefan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years, global environmental change has become perceptible in many regions of the world and affects the very foundations of tourism and travel. The first part of the book is devoted to an in-depth study of the effects of global environmental change for tourism in different environments, including polar regions, mountains, lakes/streams, forests, costal zones, deserts, and urban environments. The second part looks at some specific global aspects of environmental change affecting tourism, such as the spread of diseases in changing climates, the availability of water resources, and extreme weather events. It can be assumed that these developments will have concomitant detrimental consequences for the tourist industry as well as for tourists themselves. The third section will thus look at stakeholder perceptions of global environmental change. In particular, the perceptions of tourists, tourist industry and policy makers will be highlighted. Finally, a fourth section will look at adaptation. Contributions will seek to discuss the options of restructuring the tourist industry in a changing world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9780415361323
• ISBN-10: 041536132X
• Artikelnr.: 22446809

Autorenporträt

Stefan Gössling, Michael C. Hall

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to Tourism and Global Environmental Change Part 1:
Environments 2. Impacts of Global Environmental Change on Tourism in the
Polar Regions 3. Global Environmental Change and Mountain Tourism 4. Lakes
and Streams 5. Tourism and Forest Ecosystems 6. The Coastal and Marine
Environment 7. Deserts and Savannah Regions 8. Tourism Urbanisation and
Global Environmental Change Part 2: Global Issues 9. Tourism, Disease and
Global Environmental Change 10. Tourism and Water 11. Extreme Weather
Events 12. Biodiversity and Global Environmental Change Part 3: Stakeholder
Adaptation and Perceptions 13. The Role of Climate Information in Tourist
Destination Choice Decision-Making 14. Re-structuring the Tourist Industry
15. US Ski Industry Adaptation to Climate Change 16. The Example of the
Avalanche Winter 1999 and the Storm Lothar in the Swiss Alps 17. Tourists
and Global Environmental Change 18. Conclusion