Sustainable whale-watching tourism and climate change: Towards a framework of resilience

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-427

  Lambert, Emily ^a   Hunter, Colin ^a   Pierce, Graham J ^a,b   MacLeod, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cetacean occurrence; Climate change; Resilience; Sustainable tourism; Whale watching

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOLPHIN; ECOTOURISM; PORPOISE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUSTAINABILITY; WHALE;

CETACEA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 77951160421     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669581003655497     Document Type: Review

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