Can tourism be part of the decarbonized global economy? The costs and risks of alternate carbon reduction policy pathways

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 52-72

  Scott, Daniel ^a,b   Gössling, Stefan ^b,c   Hall, C Michael ^c,d,e,f   Peeters, Paul ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^g NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carbon management; climate change; climate policy; mitigation; offsetting; transformative change

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTOURISM; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84948572841     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2015.1107080     Document Type: Article

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