Perception, attitude and opinion of the Spanish tourists about the episodes of extreme heat

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 245-258

  Gomez Martin M B ^a   Armesto Lopez X ^a   Martinez Ibarra E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Heatwave; Spain; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

LEXIS;

EID: 84865550951     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ST120201     Document Type: Article

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