Table of Contents

1. Introduction C. Michael Hall & James Higham; 2. The Climate-Tourism Relationship and its Relevance to Climate Change Impact Assessment, C. R. de Freitas; 3. Tracing the Development of the Climate Change Issue in the Tourism Sector, Daniel Scott, Geoff Wall & Geoff McBoyle; SECTION II THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON TOURIST FLOWS AND RECREATION PATTERNS 4. Climate and Policy Changes: Their Implications for International Tourism Flows, Sue Mather, David Viner & Graham Todd; 5. The Mediterranean: How Can the Worlds Most Popular Tourist Destination Adjust to a Changing Climate? Allen Perry; 6. Why Should French Tourism Pay Attention to Climate Change? Jean-Paul Ceron & Ghislain Dubois; 7. Climate Change and Tourism and Recreation in North America, Daniel Scott, Geoff McBoyle, & Geoff Wall; 8. Tourism and Climatic Change in Southern Africa, R.A. Preston-Whyte & H. Watson; 9. Changing Snow-cover and Winter Tourism in the Scottish Highlands, S.J. Harrison, S.J. Winterbottom & R.C. Johnson; 10. Climate Change and Tourism in the Swiss Alps, Rolf Burki, Hans Elsasser, Bruno Abegg, & Urs Koenig; 11. Effects of Climate Change on Tourism Demand and Benefits in Alpine Areas, Robert B. Richardson & John B. Loomis; 12. Implications of Climate Change on Tourism in Oceania, Stephen Craig-Smith & Lisa Ruhanen; 13. Tourism, Fossil Fuels and the Resulting Impacts on Climate Change, Susanne Becken & David Simmons; SECTION III ADAPTATION AND RESPONSE 14. Tourism and Climate Change Adaptation, Carlo Aall & Karl G Hoyer; 15. Tourism and the Ozone Hole: Industry and Tourist Perceptions, L. Michael Trapasso; 16. Doing Something About the Weather, Keith Dewar; 17. Climate Change and Transport for Tourism, Paul Peeters; 18. Sustainable Mobility and Sustainable Tourism, Karl G. Hoyer & Carlo Aall; 19. Tourism as victim, problem or solution: Story lines of a complex industry-environment relation, Lotta Frandberg; 20. Tourism's Contribution to Global Environmental Change, Stefan Gossling; 21. Making Tourism Sustainable: The Real Challenge of Climate Change?, James Higham & C. Michael Hall

About the Author

Colin Michael Hall is PhD from the University of Western Australia and previous positions at the University of Canberra, University of New England, Massey University and the University of Otago. Currently co-editor of Current Issues in Tourism and Professor, University of Canterbury; Docent, University of Oulu; Visiting Professor, Linnaeus University; and Senior Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg.James Higham holds the position of Professor of Tourism, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, and Visiting Professor of Sustainable Tourism, University of Stavanger, Norway. His research is situated in the broad field of tourism and global environmental change, which in recent years has focused on climate change, tourist behaviour and transitions to a low-carbon future.

Reviews

It is encouraging to see a scholarly contribution concerning climate change and tourism especially at a time when too many in the tourism industry and academic community appear either sceptical or indifferent to the world about them. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling a wide range of tourism topics in which climate plays a part, written by some of the most competent contributors in the field. This book should be a must-have on the reading list of every tourism course as well as in every department and institutional library.Bryan Farrell, University of California, in Tourismos Volume 1, Number 1This edited volume covers every aspect of the relationship between tourism and climate change, and the state of the art in this field. This book provides a good Introduction to the current state of research on tourism and climate change.Richard S. J. Tol in Environmental Conservation 32:2This book is a must read for anyone with a long-term mindset about the management of tourism, since it is the first to examine in depth the effects of climate change on this sector and to consider how stakeholders should be responding.Dr. David B. Weaver, Professor of Tourism & Events ManagementSchool of Recreation, Health, and TourismGeorge Mason UniversityClimate change is arguably the most significant global environmental issue of this century. Among its wide-ranging impacts are the effects on the character and quality of tourism resources. Hall and Higham (Univ. of Otago, New Zealand) provide a timely assessment of the state of knowledge on this topic... this book is a significant contribution to the literature and will be a key reference for tourism researchers, policy makers, and practitioners. It is suitable for graduate-level and possibly senior-level undergraduate courses. Y.-F. Leung, North Carolina State UniversityIn CHOICEThis text draws on a wealth of relevant contributors and explores the complex inter-relationships between tourism and climate change in a thoughtful, yet gratifyingly accessible manner.Brian Wheeller, (NHTV, Breda, The Netherlands)