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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446316103321

Titolo

Disappearing destinations : climate change and future challenges for coastal tourism / / edited by Andrew Jones and Mike Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K. ; ; Cambridge, Mass., : CAB International, c2011

ISBN

1-282-98698-8

9786612986987

1-84593-549-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Ecotourism Book ; ; v.No. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesAndrew L. <1958->

PhillipsMichael R. <1962->

Disciplina

338.4/79109146

Soggetti

Marine ecotourism

Coastal ecology

Climatic changes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; About the Authors; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction - Disappearing Destinations: Current Issues, Challenges and Polemics; 2 Climate Change and its Impacts on Tourism: Regional Assessments, Knowledge Gaps and Issues; 3 Managing the Coastal Zone: Learning from Experience?; 4 Definitions and Typologies of Coastal Tourism Beach Destinations; 5 Climate Change: Risk Management Issues and Challenges; 6 Climate Change - Law, Environment and Tourism; 7 Climate Change, Tourism and the Media: Developing a Research Agenda

8 Climate Change and the Mediterranean Southern Coasts 9 Climate Change and Coastal Tourism in the Azores Archipelago; 10 Climate Change and Coastal Tourism in Ireland; 11 Climate Change - Coral Reefs and Dive Tourism in South-east Asia; 12 Tourism and Climate Impact on the North American Eastern Seaboard; 13 Would You Like Ice With That? Antarctic Tourism and Climate Change; 14 UK Coastal Tourism Destinations - Assessment of Perceived Climate Impacts: Issues for Destination Management, Local Governance and Public Policy



Making

15 Grand Isle, Louisiana: a Historic US Gulf Coast Resort Adapts to Hurricanes, Subsidence and Sea Level Rise 16 Impact of Climate Change on Island Tourism - the Balearic Islands: Impacts, Vulnerability and Critical Management Issues; 17 The Impact of Climate Change on Reef-based Tourism in Cairns, Australia - Adaptation and Response Strategies for a Highly Vulnerable Destination; 18 Disappearing Destinations: Recognizing Problems - Meeting Expectations - Delivering Solutions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Providing a thorough examination of the threats posed to destinations by tourism, this comprehensive text discusses how popular and fragile destinations such as the Great Barrier Reef could become severely damaged and forced to close to tourists if current tourism trends continue. The consequences of tourism growth, predicted changes, and management and policy responses are reviewed. The book will explore tourism in the context of climate change and vulnerable environments, exploring the situation at local level and in a wider perspective using international case studies throughout and providi