Tourism, Climate Change and Sustainability (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Reddy, Maharaj Vijay; Wilkes, Keith

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses many of the key themes that are seen as challenges to achieve sustainability and to mitigate climate change impacts in the near future, as applied to the tourism sector. In particular, it focuses on the economic drivers for growth in tourism as they relate to sustainable development, low-carbon travel and climate change impacts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136471674
• Artikelnr.: 38404721

Autorenporträt

Maharaj Vijay Reddy is senior lecturer in tourism at Bournemouth University, UK. Keith Wilkes is the Dean of the School of Services Management, Bournemouth University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Luigi Cabrini, UN World Tourism Organization Part 1:
Sustainability, Climate Change and Tourism: Conceptual Issues 1. Tourism
and Sustainability: Transition to a Green Economy 2. Social Representations
of Climate Change: Exploring the Perceived Links between Climate Change,
the Drive for Sustainability and Tourism 3. Facilitating Sustainable
Innovations for SMEs in the Tourism Industry: Identifying Factors of
Success and Barriers to Adoption in Australia 4. Tourism Industry Responses
to Climate Change in Hawaii: An Exploratory Analysis of Knowledge and
Responses Part 2: Responses and Initiatives of Regional, National and
International Agencies 5. Sustainable Tourism Development and Climate
Change: Opportunities in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves 6. Interpreting Climate
Projections for Tourism Planning in South-West England 7. Climate Change
Policy Responses of Australian and New Zealand National Governments:
Implications for Sustainable Tourism 8. Key Players in the Environmental
Performance of Tourism Enterprises Part 3: Emerging Techniques and Research
Implications 9. Tourism Sensitivity to Climate Change Mitigation Policies:
Lessons from Recent Surveys 10. The Importance of Visitor Perceptions in
Estimating how Climate Change will Affect Future Tourist Flows to the Great
Barrier Reef 11. Tourism Adaptation to Climate Change in the South Pacific
12. Scenarios of Climate Change and Impacts on Brazilian Tourism: A Case
Study of the Brazilian North Coast Tourism Region 13. The Role of Climate
Change in Tourism Development Strategies: A Sustainability Perspective In
Tourism Strategies in the Nordic Countries 14. Tourism and Climate Change
in Southern Africa: Sustainability and Perceived Impacts and Adaptation
Strategies of the Tourism Industry to Changing Climate and Environment in
Botswana 15. Contradictions in Climate Concern: Performances at Home and
Away Index