Author : Daniel Scott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 15,60 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415668867
'Tourism and Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation' is provides a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of climate change and tourism at the tourist, enterprise, destination and global scales.
Author : Susanne Becken
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 24,41 MB
Release : 2007-08-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 184541263X
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.
Author : Maharaj Vijay Reddy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,76 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1849714223
Other research dimensions discussed in the book are drawn from Brazil, Hawaii, England, Australia and New Zealand.
Author : World Tourism Organization
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789284412341
This publication contains the key proceedings and technical report of the Second International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism, held in Davos, Switzerland, 1-3 October 2007. The Davos Declaration and the summary of the conference debates demonstrate a clear commitment of the tourism sector to address climate change issues, and provide concrete recommendations for actions. The extensive technical report included in this publication was commissioned to an international team of experts by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It provides a synthesis of the state of knowledge about current and future likely impacts of climate change on tourism destinations around the world, possible implications for tourist demand, current levels and trends in GHG emissions from the tourism sector, and an overview of policy and management responses adopted by the key stakeholder groups (international organizations, public administrations, the tourism industry) with respect to adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. This publication is principally aimed at the tourism industry and government organizations at the different levels, who will have the primary responsibility of developing mitigation and adaptation strategies to respond to the challenges that global climate change will bring to the tourism sector. It also constitutes an important tool for international agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and financial institutions.
Author : Louis D'Amore
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 31,49 MB
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1443865095
As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stated, “Climate change is the pre-eminent geopolitical and economic issue of the 21st century. It rewrites the global equation for development, peace and prosperity.” The scientific evidence is clear – climate change is happening and the exposure to weather-related disasters such as heat waves, forest fires, cyclones and flooding has the potential to seriously impact the tourism sector. The travel and tourism industry is both a significant contributor to climate change, being responsible for 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is directly impacted by it. At the same time, the industry is a vital driver of the global economy with an estimated US$6.6 trillion total contribution in 2012, and is particularly significant to developing and emerging economies where the impacts of climate change can be most disruptive. This collection of papers is a timely and indispensable source of insights and models of best practice relating to the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change by various sectors of the industry.
Author : Bob Mckercher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,11 MB
Release : 2024-10-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781032928043
This book examines a range of climate change issues related to tourism and hospitality in the Asia Pacific region. It introduces several new models and provides an extensive review of the climate change literature as it relates to tourism. This book was published as a special issue of Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research.
Author : Gossling Stefan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 2010-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1135175586
Climate change is one of the single most important global environmental issues facing the world today and is emerging as a major topic in tourism studies. Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries; it both contributes to, and will be notably affected by, climate change. Given the emerging global legal frameworks to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses, growing costs of carbon and pro-environmentally orientated customers, carbon management in tourism is a necessity. Tourism must take responsive actions to enable travel and tourism to deliver the peak experiences that tourists seek with a lower carbon footprint. Carbon Management in Tourism is the first book devoted to carbon emission reductions and to showcase a wide range of practical mitigation measures. This book provides a comprehensive overview by combining theory and practice of climate change mitigation in global tourism, addressing various levels of scale, such as global, national, and regional tourism systems, as well as individual tourism businesses. It integrates a thorough scientific discussion of the causes of emissions growth, along with an analysis of the major options to reduce emissions, and state-of-the-art carbon management practices. Detailed case studies provide examples of tourism businesses or destinations that have successfully reduced emissions of greenhouse gasses, with consideration of economic and socio-cultural issues integrated throughout. This timely and important volume is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academic researchers interested in Tourism, Environmental Management, Geography and Carbon Management.
Author : C. Michael Hall
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 2005-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1845413148
Climate change is one of the major issues facing us today and has been described as a threat greater than terrorism. As the world's largest industry tourism both contributes to and will be dramatically affected by climate change. This is the first comprehensive book-level examination of the relationship between tourism and climate change, of interest not only to students of tourism but to policy makers and the industry who will have to respond to the challenges posed.
Author : Sharma, Ravi
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1522558446
In the face of rapid industrialisation in the last few decades, the tourism economy has blossomed into a major industry with positive impacts such as economic growth, infrastructure development, employment, and income generation. However, tourism brings negative environmental effects such as degradation of landscapes and habitats, increased vulnerability of avifauna and wildlife, and pollution leading to the decline of species. Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Developing Nations is a pivotal reference source that explores some of the critical challenges faced in the tourism economy particularly with regard to the impacts on the environment in developing nations. It also explores the impact tourism plays in the biophysical environment such as the issue of climate change. While highlighting topics such as environmental justice, ecosystems, and ecotourism, this book is ideally designed for academicians, policymakers, environmentalists, tourism professionals, and graduate-level students seeking current research on the environmental and economic impacts of tourism.
Author : Stefan Gössling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 11,50 MB
Release : 2006-06-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 113423418X
This fascinating book is the first comprehensive analysis of the economic, social and political interrelationships between tourism and global environmental change: one of the most significant issues facing humankind today. Its contributors argue that the impacts of these changes are potentially extremely serious both for the tourism industry, and for the communities dependent upon it. Integrating knowledge from the social and physical sciences, this significant book explores they key issues surrounding global environmental change, as well as government and industry willingness to meet the challenges posed by it. Divided into four main sections, it investigates: the tourism and global environmental change relationship in specific environments global issues related to environmental change differing perceptions of global environmental change held by tourists and the tourist industry. Comprehensive in scope, topical and integrative, this key text is essential reading for students, scholars and researchers in all aspects of tourism, geography and environmental studies.
