Perception of the effects of climate change in winter and summer tourist areas: The Pyrenees and the Catalan and Balearic coasts, Spain

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1189-1201

  March, Hug ^a   Saurí, David ^b   Llurdés, Joan Carles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beach tourism; Climate change; Demographic groups; Perception; Pyrenees; Winter tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900869476     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0561-0     Document Type: Article

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