International tourism and climate change

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-232

  Scott, Daniel ^a   Gössling, Stefan ^b,c   Hall, C Michael ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WESTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; RISK PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INTERNATIONAL TOURISMS; MULTIPLE COMPONENTS; NATURE-BASED TOURISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84862109376     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.165     Document Type: Review

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