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Title Meeting the challenges of climate change to tourism : case studies of best practice / edited by Louis D'Amore and Patrick Kalifungwa.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 459 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stated, ""Climate change is the pre-eminent geopolitical and economic issue of the 21st century. It rewrites the global equation for development, peace and prosperity."" The scientific evidence is clear - climate change is happening and the exposure to weather-related disasters such as heat waves, forest fires, cyclones and flooding has the potential to seriously impact the tourism sector. The travel and tourism industry is both a significant contributor ...
Contents Chapter twenty-ninechapter thirty; chapter thirty-one; part vi; chapter thirty-two; chapter thirty-three; chapter thirty-four; chapter thirty-five; chapter thirty-six; chapter thirty-seven; part vii; chapter thirty-eight; chapter thirty-nine; chapter forty; chapter forty-one; chapter forty-two; part viii; lusaka declarationon sustainable tourism development, climate change and peace; asia pacific youth declarationon climate changeand sustainable development; davos declaration.
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Subject Tourism -- Environmental aspects.
Tourism -- Environmental aspects.
Tourism.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes.
Environmental policy.
Environmental policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author D'Amore, Louis, editor.
Kalifungwa, Patrick, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Meeting the challenges of climate change to tourism 144384893X (OCoLC)858089313
ISBN 9781443865098 (electronic book)
1443865095 (electronic book)
1322051674 (e-book)
9781322051673 (e-book)
144384893X
9781443848930
144384893X
9781443848930
Standard No. 9781443848930