Climate change adaptation in the Pacific Island tourism sector: Analysing the policy environment in Vanuatu

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-274

  Klint, Louise Munk ^a   Wong, Emma ^a   Jiang, Min ^a   Delacy, Terry ^a   Harrison, David ^b   Dominey Howes, Dale ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Policies; Tourism; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; VULNERABILITY;

VANUATU;

EID: 84860190612     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2011.608841     Document Type: Article

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