A spatial agent-based model for assessing strategies of adaptation to climate and tourism demand changes in an alpine tourism destination

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-51

  Balbi, Stefano ^a   Giupponi, Carlo ^a   Perez, Pascal ^b   Alberti, Marco ^c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Alpine tourism; Climate change; Social simulation; Spatial agent based model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ALPINE TOURISM; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; SOCIAL SIMULATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS; SPATIAL AGENT-BASED MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW COVER; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; VULNERABILITY;

ALPS; DOLOMITES; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84878231371     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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