Climate change in Northern Sweden: Intra-regional perceptions of vulnerability among winter-oriented tourism businesses

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 919-933

  Brouder, Patrick ^a   Lundmark, Linda ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Peripheral; Sweden; Tourism; Vulnerability; Winter

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENTREPRENEUR; PERCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; VULNERABILITY; WINTER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84855656513     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2011.573073     Document Type: Article

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