Global Climate Change and Coastal Tourism Recognizing Problems, Managing Solutions, Future Expectations is a new publication edited by Andrew Jones (L-Universita ta’ Malta, Malta) and Michael Phillips (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK).
This book showcases global outcomes of climate change on coastal tourism, while providing strategies for future sustainability of the coastal tourism industry. Building upon the book Disappearing Destinations (Jones and Phillips 2010) and its conclusion that promoted the need to recognise problems, meet expectations and manage solutions, Global Climate Change and Coastal Tourism explores current threats to, and consequences of, climate change on existing tourism coastal destinations.
This book showcases global outcomes of climate change on coastal tourism, while providing strategies for future sustainability of the coastal tourism industry. Building upon the book Disappearing Destinations (Jones and Phillips 2010) and its conclusion that promoted the need to recognise problems, meet expectations and manage solutions, Global Climate Change and Coastal Tourism explores current threats to, and consequences of, climate change on existing tourism coastal destinations.
Part 1 of the book provides a theoretical platform and addresses topics such as sustainability, tourism impacts, governance trade and innovation and how the media addresses climate change and tourism. It also assesses management and policy options for the future sustainability of threatened tourism coastal destinations.
Part 2 presents case studies from all regions of the world, Europe, The Americas, Asia, Africa, Australasia, which synthesise findings to make recommendations that can be used to promote strategies that ameliorate projected impacts of climate change on coastal tourism infrastructure, and in turn promote the future sustainability of coastal tourism destinations.
Prof. Jones says that this is a timely and informative text with appeal to researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students of tourism management, tourism planning, sustainable tourism development and leisure management, coastal tourism/management, environmental management/planning, geography, coastal zone management or climate change studies.
Prof. Jones says that this is a timely and informative text with appeal to researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students of tourism management, tourism planning, sustainable tourism development and leisure management, coastal tourism/management, environmental management/planning, geography, coastal zone management or climate change studies.
Speaking of the publication of his new book, Prof. Jones said, 'I am really pleased with the outcome, and especially, the broad range of contributions made from academics, practitioners and professionals from around the world. I hope it will become an authoritative text for students, professionals and academics, alike, and provide a key text for researchers in the field.' The book is available from CABI Oxford.
Prof. Jones joined the Institute for Tourism, Travel and Culture at UM in 2012.
