Screen LibraryTourism and change in polar regions：climate, environments and experiences
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Routledge studies in contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility ; 16 |
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| Carrier Form: | xviii, 318 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780415489997 (hardback) 0415489997 (hardback) 9780203851807 (e-book) 0203851803 (e-book) |
| Index Number: | F590 |
| CLC: | F590 |
| Call Number: | F590/T127 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. This timely volume provides a contemporary account of tourism and its impacts in polar regions. It explores the development and prospects of polar tourism, as well as tourism's impacts and associated change at high latitudes from environmental, economic, social and political perspectives. It draws on cutting edge research from both the Arctic and Antarctic to provide a comparative review and illustrate the real life issues arising from tourism's role in these regions."--pub. desc. |