The vulnerability of Caribbean coastal tourism to scenarios of climate change related sea level rise

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 883-898

  Scott, Daniel ^a   Simpson, Murray Charles ^b   Sim, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; Caribbean; climate change; coastal tourism; geographic information system; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH EROSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; VULNERABILITY;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 84863915694     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2012.699063     Document Type: Article

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