The Spanish tourist sector facing extreme climate events: A case study of domestic tourism in the heat wave of 2003

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 781-797

  Gómez Martín, M Belén ^a   Armesto López, Xosé A ^a   Martínez Ibarra, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Heat wave; Mediterranean; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; HEAT; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EXTREME HEAT; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

EID: 84903738496     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0659-6     Document Type: Article

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