TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hall,David R.
TI  - Tourism, climate change and the geopolitics of arctic development: the critical case of Greenland
T2  - CABI Books
SN  - 9781789246735
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Wallingford           UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - arctic regions
KW  - climatic change
KW  - socioeconomics
KW  - climate change
KW  - Nordic Countries
KW  - ideology
KW  - Denmark
KW  - infrastructure
KW  - European Union Countries
KW  - America
KW  - socioeconomic aspects
KW  - north polar regions
KW  - sustainability
KW  - natural resources
KW  - projects
KW  - politics
KW  - Arctic Ocean
KW  - Europe
KW  - OECD Countries
KW  - climate
KW  - Arctic Sea
KW  - Scandinavia
KW  - tourism
KW  - Greenland
KW  - North America
KW  - Developed Countries
KW  - Northern Europe
KW  - tourism development
KW  - resources
N2  - Greenland is becoming a critically important territory in terms of tourism, climate change and competition for resource access, yet it has been poorly represented in academic literature.Tourism now features as a major source of income for the territory alongside fisheries. Cruise tourism is increasing rapidly, and might superficially appear to be best suited to Greenlandic conditions, given the lack of large-scale accommodation infrastructure and almost non-existent land routes between settlements. Ironically, one of the most spectacular tourist attractions is the large number of icebergs that are being calved as the result of glacier retreat and ice cap melting, both appearing to be taking place at ever increasing rates. As a consequence of ice removal, the territory's claimed extensive range of mineral resources, not least rare earth elements and hydrocarbons, are becoming more accessible for exploitation and, thereby, are acting increasingly as the focus for geopolitical competition.This book explores the nature of dynamics between tourism, climate change and the geopolitics of natural resource exploitation in the Arctic and examines their interrelationships specifically in the critical context of Greenland, but within a framework that emphasises the wider global implications of the outcomes of such interrelationships.This book is the first to explore these interrelationships in depth in English
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