ISBN:
0415489997
,
0203851803
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9780415489997
,
9780203851807
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 318 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility 16
Series Statement:
Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Tourism and Change in Polar Regions : Climate, Environments and Experiences
DDC:
304.20911
Keywords:
Tourism Case studies Environmental aspects
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Tourism Environmental aspects
;
Tourism
;
Tourism - Environmental aspects - Polar regions
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Tourism - Environmental aspects - Polar regions
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Tourism ; Environmental aspects ; Polar Regions ; Case studies
;
Polar regions ; Environmental conditions
;
Polar regions ; Environmental conditions ; Case studies
;
Tourism ; Polar Regions
;
Electronic books
;
Polar regions Case studies Environmental conditions
;
Polar regions Environmental conditions
Abstract:
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 issues
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Tourism and Change in Polar Regions: Introduction - definitions, locations, places and dimensions; 2 Tourism and Environmental Change in Polar Regions: Impacts, climate change and biological invasion; 3 Cruise Tourism in Arctic Canada: Navigating a warming climate; 4 Climate Change and Polar Bear Viewing: A case study of visitor demand, carbon emissions and mitigation in Churchill, Canada
Description / Table of Contents:
5 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, Canada6 Cruise Tourist Experiences and Management Implications for Auyuittuq, Sirmilik and Quttinirpaaq National Parks, Nunavut, Canada; 7 A Holiday on Ice on Hold? Naturebased Tourism and Climate Change in the Nordic North; 8 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
Description / Table of Contents:
9 Constraints and Opportunities in the Development of Diamond Tourism in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories10 Cultural Heritage Tourism in Antarctica and Svalbard: Patterns, impacts and policies; 11 Narratives of History, Environment and Global Change: Expeditioner-tourists in Antarctica; 12 'Awesome size…magnitude of the place…the incredible beauty…': Visitors' on-site experiences in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica; 13 Images of Antarctica and Ushuaia (Argentina) as a Gateway Port: Antarctic visitors and their expectations
Description / Table of Contents:
14 Business as (un)Usual: Integrated scenario analysis of tourism in Antarctica15 Tourism, Conservation and Visitor Management in the Sub-Antarctic Islands; 16 Contested Place and the Legitimization of Sovereignty Claims through Tourism in Polar Regions; 17 Last Chance to See? Future Issues for Polar Tourism and Change; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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