Decision-making in relation to climate and climate change in the People's Republic of China : from adaptation to sea-level rise to destination choice in Chinese tourism
PART I: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: introduction and method1.1 General introduction 1.2 Purpose, aim and scope1.3 Outline and methodPART II: SEA-LEVEL RISE AND DECISION-MAKING IN THE COASTAL ZONEChapter 2: the garbage can – a theoretical approach to decision-making2.1 Decision-making processes in institutions2.2 The garbage can theory2.3 The garbage can theory for institutional decision-making – a revised approach2.4 The garbage can (revised) – motivation, information and power2.5 Motivation, information and power: internal system dependenciesChapter 3: integrated coastal zone management in the People’s Republic of China – an assessment of structural impacts on decision-making processes3.1 Introduction3.2 The Chinese coast3.3 Integrated coastal zone management3.4 The Chinese political system3.5 Impacts of the Chinese political system3.6 Local CZM approaches in China 3.7 Conclusion – Is Chinese CZM constrained by structural impacts?Chapter 4: adaptation to sea-level rise in the People’s Republic of China – assessing the institutional dimension of alternative organisational frameworks4.1 Introduction4.2 Adaptation – defining conceptual and organisational frameworks4.3 Potential organisational frameworks supporting adaptation4.4 Conclusion: short-term and long-term targets in competition – climate change management as an alternative framework?PART III: TOURISM AND DECISION-MAKINGChapter 5: the role of climate information in tourist destination choice decision-making5.1. Introduction5.2 Literature review and hypothesis formulation5.3 Research design5.4 Analysis5.5 Discussion and conclusionChapter 6: the Chinese are coming – an analysis of the preferences of Chinese holiday makers at home and abroad 6.1 Introduction6.2 The data6.3 Regression analysis6.4 Market potential6.5 ConclusionChapter 7: an analysis of the travel motivation of tourists from the People’s Republic of China 7.1 Introduction7.2 Where do the Chinese go for their holidays? – pull-factors, policies and marketing strategies, and hypotheses 7.3 Descriptive Analysis7.4. Regional analysis: sources7.5. Discussion and conclusionChapter 8: Chinese tourism and decision-making8.1 Motivation, information and power – the tourism perspective8.2 The effects of uncertainty in climate change on the emerging tourism industry in China PART IV: CONCLUSIONChapter 9: conclusion and outlook9.1 Summary9.2 Novel academic findings and insights for policy-making practices9.3 Outlook9.4 General conclusion
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2006
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Authors: | Lau, Maren Anja |
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Universität Hamburg / Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
Subject: | Klimaänderung | Entscheidungsprozess | Machtstruktur | Meeresspiegelschwankung | China | Strukturwandel | Politische Institutionenlehre | Tourismus | Mülleimertheorie | garbage can model | organisational choice | climate change | adaptation | Globale Umweltprobleme | Wirtschaftssektoren: Sonstiges | Politische Prozesse: Sonstiges |
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