Rising temperatures and dwindling water supplies? Perception of climate change among residents of the spanish mediterranean tourist coastal areas

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 181-193

  March, Hug ^a   Saurí, David ^b   Olcina, Jorge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mediterranean; Perception; Spain; Tourism; Water

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; EDUCATIONAL LEVELS; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; RISING TEMPERATURES; SPAIN; TOURISM;

DESALINATION; ECONOMICS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; COGNITION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOURIST DESTINATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; SEASHORE; SPAIN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TOURISM; VERY ELDERLY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

SPAIN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84891840230     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0177-7     Document Type: Article

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