Frameworks for analyzing the economic effects of climate change on outdoor recreation

Climate Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-269

  Shaw, W Douglass ^a   Loomis, John B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economics; Recreation; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; RECREATION CENTERS;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OUTDOOR RECREATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EID: 48749119230     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00748     Document Type: Article

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