Climate change and tourism : responding to global challenges.

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Imprint:Madrid : World Tourism Organization ; Paris : United Nations Environment Programme, c2008.
Description:vi, 256 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Tourism -- Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on.
Tourisme -- Aspect de l'environnement.
Climat -- Changements.
Climat -- Changements -- Aspect de l'environnement.
Klimaveränderung.
Tourismus.
Welt.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on.
Tourism -- Environmental aspects.
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7478424
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Other authors / contributors:World Tourism Organization.
United Nations Environment Programme.
ISBN:9789284412341 (UNWTO)
928441234X (UNWTO)
9789280728866 (UNEP)
9280728865 (UNEP)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256).
Available both in print and online.
Summary:The publication reveals the significance of the tourism sector to the impacts of climate change. It includes important scientific and technical information and detailed assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from tourism sector along with an analysis of improvement strategies and measures. The book also presents a detailed analysis of the relations between tourism and climate change, the impact of climate change at destinations, the adjustment of opportunities and approaches and the implications for tourism demand patterns. In addition, it comprises an essential contribution of the United Nations in the ongoing commitment to take actions to face the challenges of climate change.--Publisher's description.
Other form:Online version: Climate change and tourism. Madrid : World Tourism Organization ; Paris : United Nations Environment Programme, c2008
Publisher's no.:E.08.III.D.16

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