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Susanne Becken - Tourism and Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities (Climate Change, Economies and Society - Leadership and Innovation) - 9781845410667 - V9781845410667
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Tourism and Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities (Climate Change, Economies and Society - Leadership and Innovation)

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Description for Tourism and Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities (Climate Change, Economies and Society - Leadership and Innovation) Paperback. Examines the relationship between tourism and climate change. This work is a detailed analysis and assessment offering both theoretical and practical approaches to the subject. It aims to bring together research on the implications of climate change on the tourism industry. Series: Climate Change, Economies and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KNSG; RNPG; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 526.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Channel View Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Climate Change, Economies and Society - Leadership and Innovation
Condition
New
Weight
595 g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845410667
SKU
V9781845410667
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Susanne Becken
Dr. Susanne Becken is a Principal Research Officer at Lincoln University in the field of Sustainable Tourism. Until recently she was a Research Leader with Landcare Research, New Zealand, where most of this book has been written. Susanne led a government-funded project on travel behaviour and greenhouse gas emissions from international tourists. She has also completed a range of consultancy ... Read more

Reviews for Tourism and Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities (Climate Change, Economies and Society - Leadership and Innovation)
This book by Becken and Hay represents the most comprehensive synthesis of tourism and climate change issues thus far. Becken and Hay have made a significant contribution to the literature that will stimulate policy discourse and empirical research on the tourism-climate system. Highly recommended.
Y.-F. Leung, North Carolina State University, Choice, February 2008
I fully expect this book ... Read more

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