Tourism and change in polar regions : climate, environments and experiences /: climate, environments and experiences. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] C. Michael Hall and Jarkko Saarinen.
• Other Names: Hall, Colin Michael, 1961-; Saarinen, Jarkko, 1968-
• Contents: 1. Tourism and Change in the Polar Regions: Introduction - Definitions, Locations, Places and Dimensions / C. Michael Hall & Jarkko Saarinen -- 2. Tourism and Environmental Change in Polar Regions: Impacts, Climate Change and Biological Invasion / C. Michael Hall -- Part 2: Tourism and Change in the Northern Polar Regions -- 3. Cruise Tourism in Arctic Canada: Navigating a Warming Climate / E.J. Stewart, ...[et al.] -- 4. Climate Change and Polar Bear Viewing: A Case Study of Visitor Demand, Carbon Emissions and Mitigation in Churchill, Canada / Jackie Dawson, Emma Stewart & Daniel Scott -- 5. Climate Disruption and the Changing Dynamics of Polar Bear - Human Interactions in Northern Ontario: A Case Study of Polar Bear Management in Polar Bear Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada / Raynard Harvey Lemelin, ...[et al.] -- 6. Cruise Tourist Experiences and Management Implications for Auyuittuq, Sirmilik and Quttinirpaaq National Parks, Nunavut, Canada / Patrick T. Maher -- 7. A Holiday on Ice on Hold? Nature-based Tourism and Climate Change in the Nordic North / Linda Lundmark -- 8. Sustainability and Emerging Awareness of a Changing Climate: The Tourism Industry's Knowledge and Perceptions of the Future of Nature-based Winter Tourism in Finland / Kaarina Tervo & Jarkko Saarinen -- 9. Constraints and Opportunities in the Development of Diamond Tourism in Yellowknife, NWT / Jamie Noakes & Margaret Johnston Part 3: Tourism and Change in the Southern Polar Regions -- 10. Cultural heritage tourism in Antarctica and Svalbard: Patterns, Impacts, and Policies / Ricardo Roura -- 11. Narratives of history, environment and global change: expeditioner-tourists in Antarctica / Mark Nuttall -- 12. "Awesome size...magnitude of the place...the incredible beauty...": Visitors' onsite experiences in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica / Patrick T. Maher -- 13. Images of Antarctica and Ushuaia (Argentina) as a Gateway Port: Antarctic Visitors and Their Expectations / Marisol Vereda -- 14. Business as (Un)Usual: Integrated Scenario Analysis for Tourism in Antarctica / Machiel Lamers, Bas Amelung & Jan H. Stel -- 15. Tourism, Conservation and Visitor Management in the Sub-Antarctic Islands / Hall and Sandra Wilson -- Part 4: Conclusions and Future Issues -- 16. Contested Place and the Legitimization of Sovereignty through Tourism in Polar Regions / Dallen J. Timothy -- 17. Last Chance to See? Future Issues for Polar Tourism and Change / C. Michael Hall & Jarkko Saarinen
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages), (8 illustrations)
• Subjects: 304.20911; Tourism -- Polar regions; Tourism -- Environmental aspects -- Polar regions; Tourism -- Environmental aspects -- Polar regions -- Case studies; Polar regions -- Environmental conditions; Polar regions -- Environmental conditions -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136971983
• Related ISBNs: 113697198X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.