Tourism and change in polar regions [electronic resource] : climate, environment and experiences / [edited by] C. Michael Hall and Jarkko Saarinen.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge studies in contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 16.Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, c2010.Description: xviii, 318 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780203851807 (e-book : PDF)
includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Tourism and change in polar regions : introduction - definitions, locations, places and dimensions / C. Michael Hall and Jarkko Saarinen -- 2. Tourism and environmental change in polar regions : impacts, climate change and biological invasion / C. Michael Hall -- 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 and 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 / Jarkko Saarinen and Kaarina Tervo -- 9. Constraints and opportunities in the development of diamond tourism in Yellowknife, NWT / Jamie L. Noakes and Margaret Johnston -- 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' on-site 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 and Jan H. Stel -- 15. Tourism, conservation and visitor management in the sub-Antarctic islands / C. Michael Hall and Sandra Wilson -- 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 and Jarkko Saarinen.
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