Tourism And Global Environmental Change: Ecological, Economic

Description:
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. Divided into four main sections, this significant book explores tourism as both a contributor to global environmental change, and as one of the economic sectors potentially impacted by it. 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 Global environmental changes can now be seen in the form of heat waves, floods and storms, all of which have long-term impacts on biodiversity, extinction, water supply and the location of tourism activities. Integrating knowledge from the social and physical sciences, this book explores they key issues surrounding global environmental change, as well as government and industry willingness to meet the challenges posed by it. 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.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction to Tourism and Global Environmental Change - Stefan Gossling and C. Michael Hall; Environments; 2 Impacts of Global Environmental Change on Tourism in the Polar Regions - Margaret Johnston; 3 Global Environmental Change and Mountain Tourism - Daniel Scott; 4 Lakes and streams - B. Jones, D. Scott and S. Gossling; 5 Tourism and forest ecosystems - S. Gossling and T. Hickler; 6 The Coastal and Marine Environment - Stephen Craig-Smith, Richard Tapper, and Xavier Font; 7 Deserts and savanna regions - Robert Preston Whyte, Shirley Brooks and William Ellery; 8 Tourism urbanisation and global environmental change - Michael Hall; Global issues; 9 Tourism, Disease and Global Environmental Change: The Fourth Transition; 10 Tourism and Water - Stefan Gossling; 11 Extreme Weather Events - C.R. de Freitas; 12 Biodiversity and Global Environmental Change; Stakeholder Adaptation and Perceptions; 13 The Role of Climate Information in Tourist Destination Choice Decision-Making - Jacqueline M. Hamilton and Maren A. Lau; 14 Re-structuring the tourist industry: new marketing perspectives for destinations in higher latitudes -Szilvia Gyimothy; 15 US Ski Industry Adaptation to Climate Change: Hard, Soft and Policy Strategies - Dan Scott; 16 The Example of the Avalanche Winter 1999 and the Storm Lothar in the Swiss Alps - Christian J. Nothiger, Rolf Burki, Hans Elsasser; 17 Tourists and global environmental change: a possible scenario in relation to nature and authenticity - Erika Andersson Cederholm and Johan Hultman; 18 Conclusion: Wake Up - This is Serious - Stefan Gossling and C. Michael Hall

Author Biography:
Lund University, Sweden