Developing Climate Change Maps for Tourism: Essential Information or Awareness Raising?

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 430-441

  Becken, Susanne ^a   Zammit, Christian ^b   Hendrikx, Jordy ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change projections; destinations; downscaling; maps; regional climate information

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DOWNSCALING; MAP; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84930810068     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287514528286     Document Type: Article

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