Carbon management in tourism : Mitigating the impacts on climate change /

Gossling, Stefan

Carbon management in tourism : Mitigating the impacts on climate change / Stefan Gossling. - London : Routledge, 2011. - xviii, 345 p.: ill 25 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index

1. Travel, Tourism and Carbon Management 2. Climate Change Mitigation: Reasons for Advocacy 3. Climate Change: The Physical Basis 4. Climate Change Mitigation 5. Tourism and Climate Change 6. Trends in Emission From Tourism 7. Understanding Emission Growth in Tourism 8. Mitigation: Systemic Considerations for Restructuring 9. Mitigation: Technology 10. Mitigation: Management 11. Mitigation: Education 12. Mitigation: Behavioural Change 13. Mitigation: Politics & Research 14. Planning for Change, Exploring Innovation

As Tourism is one of the world`s largest industries it, both contributes to, and will be notably affected by, climate change. This book deals with tourism and carbon emission reduction conflict, and intends to showcase various practical mitigation measures that help to achieve a lower carbon tourism future.


English

978-0-415-56633-9


Carbon--Environmental aspects
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Greenhouse gases--Prevention
Pollution prevention
Tourism--Environmental aspects

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