| Disappearing Destinations: Climate Change and Future Challenges for Coastal Tourism Contributor(s): Jones, Andrew (Editor), Phillips, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1845935489 ISBN-13: 9781845935481 Publisher: Cabi OUR PRICE: $161.12 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Special Interest - Ecotourism - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Dewey: 338.479 |
| LCCN: 2010009985 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.7" W x 9.6" (1.72 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Providing a thorough examination of the threats posed to destinations by tourism, this comprehensive text discusses how popular and fragile destinations, such as the Great Barrier Reef, could become severely damaged and forced to close to tourists if current tourism trends continue. The consequences of tourism growth, predicted changes, and management and policy responses are reviewed. The book will explore tourism in the context of climate change and vulnerable environments, exploring the situation at local level and in a wider perspective using international case studies throughout and providing future recommendations. It will be an essential text for researchers, policymakers and students in tourism, ecotourism, environmental conservation, planning, coastal management and engineering, climate change and marine conservation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jones, Andrew: - Andrew Jones is currently a resident professor and Head of Department for the Institute for Tourism Travel and Culture at The University of Malta. He has also held positions at The University of Wales, International Faculty Cardiff, Swansea Business School and the University of Brunei.Phillips, Michael: - Michael Phillips has a PhD in Coastal Processes and Geomorphology, which he has used in an interdisciplinary way to assess current challenges of living and working on the coast. He is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation, Enterprise and Commercialisation) at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and also leads their Coastal and Marine Research Group. |