{"product_id":"tourism-and-change-in-polar-regions-climate-environments-and-experiences-paperback","title":"Tourism and Change in Polar Regions: Climate, Environments and Experiences - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJarkko Saarinen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTourism is seen as one of the few economic opportunities in these regions but at the same time the polar regions are being opened up to tourism development they are being affected by a number of new factors that are interconnected to travel and tourism: climate change; landscape and species loss; increasing interest in energy resources and minerals; social changes in indigenous societies and a new polar geopolitics all bring into question the sustainability of polar regions and the place of tourism within them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Hall is Professor, Department of Management, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Docent, Department of Geography, University of Oulu, Finland and Visiting Professor, Baltic Business School, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden. Co-editor of \u003cem\u003eCurrent Issues in Tourism\u003c\/em\u003e he has published widely in tourism and mobility, gastronomy and environmental history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJarkko Saarinen is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oulu, Finland. His research interests include tourism development and its impacts and sustainability in peripheries. He is co-author of the book \u003cem\u003eNordic Tourism\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), with C. Michael Hall and Dieter Muller. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54297907331183,"sku":"9781138880665","price":144.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/4966\/4879\/files\/j8n6UsqMXb9781138880665.webp?v=1789470690","url":"https:\/\/finderbooks.com\/products\/tourism-and-change-in-polar-regions-climate-environments-and-experiences-paperback","provider":"Finder Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}