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List of contents
1. Introduction C. Michael Hall & James Higham; 2. The Climate-Tourism Relationship and its Relevance to Climate Change Impact Assessment, C. R. de Freitas; 3. Tracing the Development of the Climate Change Issue in the Tourism Sector, Daniel Scott, Geoff Wall & Geoff McBoyle. SECTION II THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TOURIST FLOWS AND RECREATION PATTERNS: 4. Climate and Policy Changes: Their Implications for International Tourism Flows, Sue Mather, David Viner & Graham Todd; 5. The Mediterranean: How Can the Worlds Most Popular and Successful Tourist Destination Adjust to a Changing Climate? Allen Perry; 6. Why Should French Tourism Pay Attention to Climate Change? Jean-Paul Ceron & Ghislain Dubois; 7. Climate Change and Tourism and Recreation in North America: Exploring Regional Risks and Opportunities, Daniel Scott, Geoff McBoyle, & Geoff Wall; 8. Tourism and Climatic Change in Southern Africa, R.A. Preston-Whyte & H. Watson; 9. Changing Snow-cover and Winter Tourism and Recreation in the Scottish Highlands, S.J. Harrison, S.J. Winterbottom & R.C. Johnson; 10. Climate Change and Tourism in the Swiss Alps, Rolf Burki, Hans Elsasser, Bruno Abegg, & Urs Koenig; 11. Effects of Climate Change on Tourism Demand and Benefits in Alpine Areas, Robert B. Richardson & John B. Loomis; 12. Implications of Climate Change on Tourism in Oceania, Stephen Craig-Smith & Lisa Ruhanen; 13. Tourism, Fossil Fuels and the Resulting Impacts on Climate Change, Susanne Becken & David Simmons. SECTION III ADAPTATION AND RESPONSE - MANAGING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOURISM, RECREATION AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: 14. Tourism and Climate Change Adaptation, Carlo Aall & Karl G Hoyer; 15. Tourism and the Ozone Hole: Industry and Tourist Perceptions?, L. Michael Trapasso; 16. Doing Something About the Weather, Keith Dewar; 17. Climate Change and Transport for Tourism, Paul Peeters; 18. Sustainable Mobility and Sustainable Tourism, Karl G. Hoyer & Carlo Aall; 19. Tourism as victim, problem or solution: Story lines of a complex industry-environment relation, Lotta Frandberg; 20. Tourism's Contribution to Global Environmental Change, Stefan Gossling; 21. Making Tourism Sustainable: The Real Challenge of Climate Change?, James Higham & C. Michael Hall.
About the author
Michael Hall is a Professor in the Department of Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand and Honorary Professor, University of Stirling, Scotland. He has written widely on tourism, regional development and mobility issues as well as environmental history, particularly with respect to peripheral areas. James Higham is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand. Dr. Higham teaches courses in tourism impacts and evaluation, ecotourism operations and wilderness and marine tourism. His research interests relating to tourism and the environment centre on wilderness management, wildlife tourism and ecotourism business operations.
