Modelling climate change impacts on tourism demand: A comparative study from Sardinia (Italy) and Cap Bon (Tunisia)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 1039-1053

  Köberl, Judith ^a   Prettenthaler, Franz ^a   Bird, David Neil ^a  

^a JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cap Bon; Climate change impacts; Regression analysis; Sardinia; Tourism; Weather Value at Risk

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SARDINIA; TOURISM; VALUE AT RISK; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOURISM;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; HEAT STRESS; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; TOURISM; TUNISIA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER COST;

CAPE BON; ITALY; NABEUL; SARDINIA; TUNISIA;

EID: 84927653878     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.099     Document Type: Article

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