The impact of climate on holiday destination choice

Climatic Change

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 389-406

  Bigano, Andrea ^a,b,c   Hamilton, Jacqueline M ^d   Tol, Richard S J ^d,e,f  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

HOLIDAY DESTINATION CHOICE; PER CAPITA INCOME; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POVERTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POVERTY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

EID: 33746206289     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-9015-0     Document Type: Article

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