Tourism and Climate Change: Risks and OpportunitiesChannel View Publications, 2007 - 329 pages The book 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 the fields of tourism management and climate change mitigation, adaptation and policy. |
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Page 11
... tourism system would be ' an open system in that it responds to changes in the social , natural and economic environment and is evolving toward an increasing state of complexity ' . The first to apply a systems approach to tourism was ...
... tourism system would be ' an open system in that it responds to changes in the social , natural and economic environment and is evolving toward an increasing state of complexity ' . The first to apply a systems approach to tourism was ...
Page 15
... system there are , the less predictable it is . In fact , the tourism system has been described as chaotic ( Faulkner & Russell , 1997 ) . Chaos does not mean ... System To understand the climate of the Earth The Tourism - Climate System 15.
... system there are , the less predictable it is . In fact , the tourism system has been described as chaotic ( Faulkner & Russell , 1997 ) . Chaos does not mean ... System To understand the climate of the Earth The Tourism - Climate System 15.
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... Tourism - related externalities Figure 2.7 Chaos model of tourism Source : after McKercher ( 1999 ) whole . As will be shown in Chapter 3 , the destination is a system that consists of the tourism industry and policy makers , among ...
... Tourism - related externalities Figure 2.7 Chaos model of tourism Source : after McKercher ( 1999 ) whole . As will be shown in Chapter 3 , the destination is a system that consists of the tourism industry and policy makers , among ...
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