Disappearing destinations : climate change and future challenges for coastal tourism /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Marine ecotourism.; Coastal ecology.; Climatic changes.; Laws and Regulations.; Natural Resource Economics,(New March 2000); Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Meteorology and Climate.; Communication and Mass Media.; Tourism and Travel.; Beaches.; Case studies.; Climate.; Climatic change.; Coastal areas.; Coastal resorts.; Destinations.; Ecotourism.; Environmental policy.; Law.; Mass media.; Nature tourism.; Prediction.; Risk assessment.; Tourist attractions.; Tourist industry.; Electronic books.
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This book with two key parts discusses threats and consequences of climate predictions on coastal tourism destinations. Chapters 1 to 7 explore the theoretical and contextual frameworks of climate change processes and their general relationship with coastal tourism destinations. Such concepts for ex...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : Disappearing Destinations : Current Issues, Challenges and Polemics / Andrew Jones and Michael Phillips
• Climate Change and its Impacts on Tourism : Regional Assessments, Knowledge Gaps and Issues / C. Michael Hall
• Managing the Coastal Zone : Learning from Experience? / Michael Phillips
• Definitions and Typologies of Coastal Tourism Beach Destinations / Allan Williams
• Climate Change : Risk Management Issues and Challenges / Ian Jenkins
• Climate Change : Law, Environment and Tourism / Paul Osborne
• Climate Change, Tourism and the Media : Developing a Research Agenda / Peter Burns and Lyn Bibbings
• Climate Change and the Mediterranean Southern Coasts / Giorgio Anfuso and Driss Nachite
• Climate Change and Coastal Tourism in the Azores Archipelago / Helena Calado, Kiat Ng, Paulo Borges, Fátima Alves and Lisa Sousa
• Climate Change and Coastal Tourism in Ireland / J.A.G. Cooper and S.W. Boyd
• Climate Change : Coral Reefs and Dive Tourism in South-east Asia / Philip Dearden and Petch Manopawitr
• Tourism and Climate Impact on the North American Eastern Seaboard / Zoe Hughes
• Would You Like Ice With That? Antarctic Tourism and Climate Change / Julia Jabour
• UK Coastal Tourism Destinations : Assessment of Perceived Climate Impacts : Issues for Destination Management, Local Governance and Public Policy Making / Andrew Jones
• Grand Isle, Louisiana : a Historic US Gulf Coast Resort Adapts to Hurricanes, Subsidence and Sea Level Rise / Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt
• Impact of Climate Change on Island Tourism : the Balearic Islands : Impacts, Vulnerability and Critical Management Issues / Alvaro Moreno
• The Impact of Climate Change on Reef-based Tourism in Cairns, Australia : Adaptation and Response Strategies for a Highly Vulnerable Destination / Robyn F. Wilson and Stephen M. Turton
• Disappearing Destinations : Recognizing Problems, Meeting Expectations, Delivering Solutions / Andrew Jones and Michael Phillips.