Tourism and Global Environmental Change: Ecological, Economic, Social and Political Interrelationships

by G÷ssling; Stefan

• ISBN13: 9780415361323
• ISBN10: 041536132X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-01-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In recent years, global environmental change has become perceptible in many regions of the world and affects the very foundations of tourism and travel. The first part of the book is devoted to an in-depth study of the effects of global environmental change for tourism in different environments, including polar regions, mountains, lakes/streams, forests, costal zones, deserts, and urban environments. The second part looks at some specific global aspects of environmental change affecting tourism, such as the spread of diseases in changing climates, the availability of water resources, and extreme weather events. It can be assumed that these developments will have concomitant detrimental consequences for the tourist industry as well as for tourists themselves. The third section will thus look at stakeholder perceptions of global environmental change. In particular, the perceptions of tourists, tourist industry and policy makers will be highlighted. Finally, a fourth section will look at adaptation.Contributions will seek to discuss the options of restructuring the tourist industry in a changing world.

Table of Contents

List of tables	p. vii
List of figures	p. ix
List of contributors	p. x
Preface	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
An introduction to tourism and global environmental change	p. 1
Environments	p. 35
Impacts of global environmental change on tourism in the polar regions	p. 37
Global environmental change and mountain tourism	p. 54
Lakes and streams	p. 76
Tourism and forest ecosystems	p. 95
The coastal and marine environment	p. 107
Deserts and savannah regions	p. 128
Tourism urbanisation and global environmental change	p. 142
Global issues	p. 157
Tourism, disease and global environmental change: the fourth transition?	p. 159
Tourism and water	p. 180
Extreme weather events	p. 195
Tourism, biodiversity and global environmental change	p. 211
Stakeholder adaptation and perceptions	p. 227
The role of climate information in tourist destination choice decision making	p. 229
Restructuring the tourist industry: new marketing perspectives for global environmental change	p. 251
US ski industry adaptation to climate change: hard, soft and policy strategies	p. 262
The example of the avalanche winter 1999 and the storm Lothar in the Swiss Alps	p. 286
Tourists and global environmental change: a possible scenario in relation to nature and authenticity	p. 293
Conclusion: wake up ... this is serious	p. 305
Index	p. 321
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