Tourism in Changing Natural Environments
- 142 pages
- English
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Tourism in Changing Natural Environments
About this book
Natural environments, and the human interactions that occur within, are continuously changing and evolving. This comprehensive volume explores how the impacts of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, economic instability, and other macro-environmental factors can have profound implications for local and global economies, fragile ecosystems, and human cultures and livelihoods. The authors examine the numerous ways in which changes in the natural environment impact tourism, and how the tourism industry is responding and adapting to such changes, in both developed and developing regions.
Through the various case studies that examine human interaction within what are often fragile ecosystems, this book makes it clear that, while adaptation can be passive in nature, it can and should be much more proactive, with individuals and organizations seeking improved knowledge and learning. Such actions will contribute to greater resilience within the tourism industry, whether in response to climate change and its subsequent impacts, or an increasing scarcity of the natural resources upon which tourism relies.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Tourism Geographies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Citation Information
- Notes on Contributors
- 1. Tourism in changing natural environments
- 2. Costs and benefits of environmental change: tourism industry’s responses in Arctic Finland
- 3. Measuring park visitation vulnerability to climate extremes in U.S. Rockies National Parks tourism
- 4. Climate and visitation to Utah’s ‘Mighty 5’ national parks
- 5. Weather sensitivity and climate change perceptions of tourists: a segmentation analysis
- 6. Micro-level assessment of regional and local disaster impacts in tourist destinations
- 7. Exploring stakeholder groups through a testimony analysis on the Hawaiian aquarium trade
- Index