Tourism, recreation, and climate change / edited by C. Michael Hall and James Higham.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Climate-Tourism Relationship and its Relevance to Climate Change Impact Assessment
• 3 Tracing the Development of the Climate Change Issue in the Tourism Sector
• 4 Climate and Policy Changes: Their Implications for International Tourism Flows
• 5 The Mediterranean: How Can the Worlds Most Popular Tourist Destination Adjust to a Changing Climate?
• 6 Why Should French Tourism Pay Attention to Climate Change?
• 7 Climate Change and Tourism and Recreation in North America
• 8 Tourism and Climatic Change in Southern Africa
• 9 Changing Snow-cover and Winter Tourism in the Scottish Highlands
• 10 Climate Change and Tourism in the Swiss Alps
• 11 Effects of Climate Change on Tourism Demand and Benefits in Alpine Areas
• 12 Implications of Climate Change on Tourism in Oceania -
• 13 Tourism, Fossil Fuels and the Resulting Impacts on Climate Change
• 14 Tourism and Climate Change Adaptation
• 15 Tourism and the Ozone Hole: Industry and Tourist Perceptions
• 16 Doing Something About the Weather
• 17 Climate Change and Transport for Tourism
• 18 Sustainable Mobility and Sustainable Tourism
• 19 Tourism as Victim, Problem or Solution: Story Lines of a Complex Industry-environment Relation
• 20 Tourism's Contribution to Global Environmental Change
• 21 Making Tourism Sustainable: The Real Challenge of Climate Change?

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Colin Michael Hall is PhD from the University of Western Australia and previous positions at the University of Canberra, University of New England, Massey University and the University of Otago. Currently co-editor of Current Issues in Tourism and Professor, University of Canterbury; Docent, University of Oulu; Visiting Professor, Linnaeus University; and Senior Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg.

James Higham holds the position of Professor of Tourism, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, and Visiting Professor of Sustainable Tourism, University of Stavanger, Norway. His research is situated in the broad field of tourism and global environmental change, which in recent years has focused on climate change, tourist behaviour and transitions to a low-carbon future.