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Tourism and change in polar regions : climate, environment and experiences /
Explores the relationship between tourism and climate change in both Arctic and Antarctic polar regions by considering the associated environmental, economic, social and political factors. This book draws on both Arctic and Antarctic Polar region case studies to help illustrate these climate change...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York :
Routledge,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ;
16. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Tourism and change in polar regions: introduction
- definitions, locations, places and dimensions / C. Michael Hall and Jarkki Saarinen
- Tourism and environmental change in polar regions: impacts, climate change and biological invasion / C. Michael Hall
- Cruise tourism in Arctic Canada: navigating a warming climate / E.J. Stewart [and others]
- Climate change and polar bear viewing: a case study of visitor demand, carbon emissions and mitigation in Churchill, Canada / Jackie Dawson, Emma Stewart and Daniel Scott
- Climate disruption and the changing dynamics of polar bear-human interactions in Northern Ontario: a case study of polar bear management in Polar Bear Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada / Raynard Harvey Lemelin [and others]
- Cruise tourist experiences and management implications for Auyuittuq, Sirmilik and Quttinirpaaq National Parks, Nunavut, Canada / Patrick T. Maher
- A holiday on ice on hold? Nature-based tourism and climate change in the Nordic North / Linda Lundmark
- Sustainability and emerging awareness of a changing climate: the tourism industry's knowledge and perceptions of the future of nature-based winter tourism in Finland / Jarkko Saarinen and Kaarina Tervo
- Constraints and opportunities in the development of diamond tourism in Yellowknife, NWT / Jamie L. Noakes and Margaret Johnston
- Cultural heritage tourism in Antarctica and Svalbard: patterns, impacts, and policies / Ricardo Roura
- Narratives of history, environment and global change: expeditioner-tourists in Antarctica / Mark Nuttall
- "Awesome size ... magnitude of the place ... the incredible beauty": visitors' on-site experiences in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica / Patrick T. Maher
- Images of Antarctica and Ushuaia (Argentina) as a gateway port: Antarctic visitors and their expectations / Marisol Vereda
- Business as (un)usual: integrated scenario analysis for tourism in Antarctica / Machiel Lamers, Bas Amelung, and Jan H. Stel
- Tourism, conservation and visitor management in the sub-Antarctic islands / C. Michael Hall and Sandra Wilson
- Contested place and the legitimization of sovereignty through tourism in polar regions / Dallen J. Timothy
- Last chance to see? Future issues for polar tourism and change / C. Michael Hall and Jarkko Saarinen.