Tourism and Climate Change: Risks and OpportunitiesChannel View Publications, 2007 - 329 pages This book discusses the tourism-climate system and provides a sound basis for those interested in tourism management and climate change mitigation, adaptation and policy. In the first three chapters, the book provides a general overview of the relationships between tourism and climate change and illustrates the complexity in four case studies that are relevant to the wide audience of tourism stakeholders. In the following seven chapters detailed discussion of the tourism and climate systems, greenhouse gas accounting for tourism, mitigation, climate risk management and comprehensive tourism-climate policies are provided. This book compiles and critically analyses the latest knowledge in this field of research and seeks to make it accessible to tourism practitioners and other stakeholders involved in tourism or climate change. |
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... Countries Introduction Chapter 2 identified small island countries in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans as ' climate - tourism hotspots ' , for two principal reasons : ( a ) the importance of tourism to many of their national ...
... country ( via foreign - owned tour operators , airlines , hotels , imported drinks and food , etc. ) . Estimates for other Third World countries range from 40 % in India to 80 % in the Caribbean ( Sustainable Living , quoted in UNEP ...
... countries have the duty to assist developing countries in meeting their obligations ( e.g. preparing national GHG inventories ) and in efforts to adapt to climate change . However , as noted by Paavola and Adger ( 2005 ) , nothing ...
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2 | 11 |
Contributions of tourism to global climate change | 17 |
Examples of TourismClimate Interactions | 20 |
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