Tourists’ representations of coastal managed realignment as a climate change adaptation strategy

Tourism Management

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 182-192

  Schliephack, Johanna ^a   Dickinson, Janet E ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal erosion; Managed realignment; Social representations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84982083160     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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