Climate change in a regional context: Relative vulnerability in the Australasian skier market

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 449-458

  Hopkins, Debbie ^a   Higham, James E S ^a   Becken, Susanne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Context vulnerability; Regional comparisons; Relative vulnerability; Ski tourism; Travel flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875417127     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0352-z     Document Type: Article

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