Tourism, Recreation and Climate Change

Edited by Prof. C. Michael Hall, Dr. James Higham

Publication date:

24 February 2005

Publisher

Channel View Publications

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781845410049

Climate change is one of the major issues facing us today and has been described as a threat greater than terrorism. As the world's largest industry tourism both contributes to and will be dramatically affected by climate change. This is the first comprehensive book-level examination of the relationship between tourism and climate change, of interest not only to students of tourism but to policy makers and the industry who will have to respond to the challenges posed.

1. Introduction - C. Michael Hall and 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 and Geoff McBoyle
4. Climate and Policy Changes: Their Implications for International Tourism Flows - Sue Mather, David Viner and Graham Todd
5. The Mediterranean: How Can the Worlds Most Popular Tourist Destination Adjust to a Changing Climate? - Allen Perry
6. Why Should French Tourism Pay Attention to Climate Change? - Jean-Paul Ceron and Ghislain Dubois
7. Climate Change and Tourism and Recreation in North America - Daniel Scott, Geoff McBoyle and Geoff Wall
8. Tourism and Climatic Change in Southern Africa - R.A. Preston-Whyte and H. Watson
9. Changing Snow-cover and Winter Tourism in the Scottish Highlands - S.J. Harrison, S.J. Winterbottom and R.C. Johnson
10. Climate Change and Tourism in the Swiss Alps - Rolf Bürki, Hans Elsasser, Bruno Abegg and Urs Koenig
11. Effects of Climate Change on Tourism Demand and Benefits in Alpine Areas - Robert B. Richardson and John B. Loomis
12. Implications of Climate Change on Tourism in Oceania - Stephen Craig-Smith and Lisa Ruhanen
13. Tourism, Fossil Fuels and the Resulting Impacts on Climate Change - Susanne Becken and David Simmons
14. Tourism and Climate Change Adaptation - Carlo Aall and Karl G Høyer
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. Høyer and Carlo Aall
19. Tourism as Victim, Problem or Solution: Story Lines of a Complex Industry-environment Relation - Lotta Frändberg
20. Tourism's Contribution to Global Environmental Change - Stefan Gössling
21. Making Tourism Sustainable: The Real Challenge of Climate Change? - James Higham and C. Michael Hall

It is encouraging to see a scholarly contribution concerning climate change and tourism especially at a time when too many in the tourism industry and academic community appear either sceptical or indifferent to the world about them. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling a wide range of tourism topics in which climate plays a part, written by some of the most competent contributors in the field. This book should be a must-have on the reading list of every tourism course as well as in every department and institutional library. Bryan Farrell, University of California, in Tourismos Volume 1, Number 1 This edited volume covers every aspect of the relationship between tourism and climate change, and the state of the art in this field. This book provides a good introduction to the current state of research on tourism and climate change.