Tourism and change in polar regions : climate, environment and experiences / / [edited by] C. Michael Hall and Jarkko Saarinen

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.20911
• Soggetto topico: Tourism - Polar Regions; Tourism - Environmental aspects - Polar Regions
• Soggetto geografico: Polar regions Environmental conditions; Polar regions Environmental conditions Case studies
• Altri autori: HallColin Michael <1961-> SaarinenJarkko <1968->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Tourism and Change in Polar Regions: Introduction - definitions, locations, places and dimensions; 2 Tourism and Environmental Change in Polar Regions: Impacts, climate change and biological invasion; 3 Cruise Tourism in Arctic Canada: Navigating a warming climate; 4 Climate Change and Polar Bear Viewing: A case study of visitor demand, carbon emissions and mitigation in Churchill, Canada ; 5 Climate Disruption and the Changing Dynamics of Polar Bear-Human Interactions in Northern Ontario: A case study of polar bear management in Polar Bear Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada6 Cruise Tourist Experiences and Management Implications for Auyuittuq, Sirmilik and Quttinirpaaq National Parks, Nunavut, Canada; 7 A Holiday on Ice on Hold? Naturebased Tourism and Climate Change in the Nordic North; 8 Sustainability and Emerging Awareness of a Changing Climate: The tourism industry's knowledge and perceptions of the future of nature-based winter tourism in Finland ; 9 Constraints and Opportunities in the Development of Diamond Tourism in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories10 Cultural Heritage Tourism in Antarctica and Svalbard: Patterns, impacts and policies; 11 Narratives of History, Environment and Global Change: Expeditioner-tourists in Antarctica; 12 'Awesome size...magnitude of the place...the incredible beauty...': Visitors' on-site experiences in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica; 13 Images of Antarctica and Ushuaia (Argentina) as a Gateway Port: Antarctic visitors and their expectations ; 14 Business as (un)Usual: Integrated scenario analysis of tourism in Antarctica15 Tourism, Conservation and Visitor Management in the Sub-Antarctic Islands; 16 Contested Place and the Legitimization of Sovereignty Claims through Tourism in Polar Regions; 17 Last Chance to See? Future Issues for Polar Tourism and Change; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The world's polar regions are attracting more interest than ever before. Once regarded as barren, inhospitable places where only explorers go, the north and south polar regions have been transformed into high profile tourism destinations, increasingly visited by cruise ships as well as becoming accessible with direct flights. Tourism is seen as one of the few economic opportunities in these regions but at the same time the polar regions are being opened up to tourism development they are being affected by a number of new factors that are interconnected to travel and tourism. Climate change,
• Titolo autorizzato: Tourism and change in polar regions
• ISBN: 1-136-97198-X; 1-136-97199-8; 1-282-73329-X; 9786612733291; 0-203-85180-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814921703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; ; 16.