Climate services to support sustainable tourism and adaptation to climate change

Climate Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 111-122

  Scott, Daniel J ^a   Lemieux, Christopher J ^a   Malone, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Climate services; Climate variability; Development; Sustainability; Tourism; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE SERVICES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM; WEATHER;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 79957570710     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00952     Document Type: Article

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