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Tourism and Climate Change in the 21st Century

Challenges and Solutions

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Editors:
  1. Paula Remoaldo

    1. Department of Geography, University of Minho, Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory (Lab2PT), Guimarães, Portugal

  2. Hélder Lopes

    1. Department of Geography, University of Minho, Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory (Lab2PT), Guimarães, Portugal

  3. Vítor Ribeiro

    1. Department of Geography, University of Minho, Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory (Lab2PT), Guimarães, Portugal

  4. Juliana Alves

    1. Department of Geography, University of Minho, Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory (Lab2PT), Guimarães, Portugal

  • Highlights the impact of climate on tourism and the effectiveness of climate adaptation in the sector
  • Examines the territorial dimensions of risks of climate effects on tourism
  • Focuses on adaptation, mitigation, and resilience to climate change

Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

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This book explores the effects of climate on tourism and the effectiveness of climate adaptation in this sector. Taking into account the spatial dimension of tourism and climate change, it highlights the need for more detailed information, the weak interaction between stakeholders, and the limitation of resources in the context of rapid changes, brought on by the necessary implementation of the third-order stage of tourism. The book focuses on adaptation, mitigation, and resilience to climate change, including topics such as human thermal comfort of visitors, the water resources in tourism areas, the circular economy, the mobility and transports, the psychological aspects of weather and climate in recreational practices. The book concludes an assessment of the status, challenges, and prospects for the adaptation of the tourism sector to climate change. The book appeals to scholars and students of economic geography, regional and spatial science, tourism economics, and related fields.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. An Introduction to Spatial and Territorial Dimensions of Tourism and Climate Change

    • Hélder Lopes, Paula Remoaldo, Vítor Ribeiro, Juliana A. Alves
    Pages 1-9

  3. Challenges and Crossroads Towards Sustainability‐Oriented Tourism Facing Humanity and Its Relationship with Nature Throughout Contemporary History

    • Alexandra Esteves, Isabel Amaral
    Pages 11-35

  4. A Scientific-Metric Analysis of Urban Tourism and Climate Change—An Investigation Based on Web of Science and Scopus

    • Hélder Lopes, Paula Remoaldo, Vítor Ribeiro, Javier Martín-Vide, Juliana Araújo Alves
    Pages 37-64

  5. Is the Tourism Perspective Envisaged in Climate Change Adaptation Planning?

    • Carmen Mínguez, Sandra Ricart
    Pages 65-91

  6. Climate Change Acknowledgement and Adaptation and Mitigation Responses in Rural Tourism Destinations

    • M. Belén Gómez-Martín, Xosé A. Armesto-López, Martí Cors-Iglesias, Emilio Martínez-Ibarra
    Pages 93-115

  7. Regional Resilience and Dependence on Tourism in a Changing Climate

    • André Samora-Arvela, Patrícia Pinto, Thomas Panagopoulos, Eric Vaz, Jorge Ferreira, Helena Pina et al.
    Pages 117-142

  8. Climate Change and Tourism in Spain. The Case of the Canary Islands and the Costa Blanca (Alicante)

    • Pedro Dorta-Antequera, Esther Sánchez-Almodóvar, Abel López-Díez, Jaime Díaz-Pacheco, Jorge Olcina-Cantos
    Pages 143-173

  9. Coastal Tourism Adaptation to Climate Change in Brazil

    • Isabel Jurema Grimm
    Pages 175-196

  10. A Debate on Turkey Tourism’s Adaptation to Climate Change

    • Gamze Coban Yildiz, Onur Sevket Yildiz
    Pages 197-223

  11. Conservation-Based Tourism Development, Climate Change, Inclusion of Locals, and Post-human-Wildlife Co-existence Conflicts

    • Tawanda Makuyana, Regina Makoni, Serena Lucrezi
    Pages 225-257
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, University of Minho, Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory (Lab2PT), Guimarães, Portugal

    Paula Remoaldo, Hélder Lopes, Vítor Ribeiro, Juliana Alves

About the editors

Paula Remoaldo is Full Professor at the Department of Geography and works in the Department of Geography at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho. She obtained her PhD in Human Geography in 1999 at the University of Minho, with the collaboration of the University of Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgium). She is Author or Co-author of 155 papers published in Portuguese and international journals (62 indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus). She published also 20 books and participated in further 72 books as Author.

Hélder Lopes is Professor in the Department of Geography at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography and Regional Planning at the University of Minho and Geography, Environmental Management and Territorial Planning at the University of Barcelona. He has also received 9 awards. He carried out training at national and international level to update skills, in some of the most prestigious universities inthe world, in the areas of urban tourism, climate change, geographic information systems, qualitative and quantitative methods, and health and urban and environmental design techniques.

Vítor Ribeiro is Professor in the Department of Geography at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho and at Paula Frassinetti's School of Education. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography and Regional Planning from the University of Minho/Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). He is Integrated Member of the Laboratory of Landscapes, Heritage and Territory (Lab2PT) at the University of Minho. His main subjects of research are in the area of Transport Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Tourism and Regional and Local Development, Crime Geography and Geographical Education, having in such fields several research publications in journals and books.

Juliana Alves is Geographer and Researcher in Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory (Lab2PT)at the University of Minho (Portugal). She holds a Ph.D. in Human Geography from the same university in 2017. Her main subjects of research are in the area of Tourism and Local Development, Health and Environment, and Cultural and Creative Tourism.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tourism and Climate Change in the 21st Century

  • Book Subtitle: Challenges and Solutions

  • Editors: Paula Remoaldo, Hélder Lopes, Vítor Ribeiro, Juliana Alves

  • Series Title: Advances in Spatial Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59431-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-59430-4Published: 21 June 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-59433-5Published: 21 June 2025

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-59431-1Published: 20 June 2024

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9602

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9375

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 257

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Economic Geography, Tourism Management

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