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Institute for sustainable development
and international relations
Could Tourism carrying capacity be a useful
tool for adapting to climate change?
Virginie [email protected]
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Sciences Po Paris (France)
www.iddri .org
LIENSs- Littoral, Environnement, Sociétés
UMR CNRS 6250
University of La Rochelle (France)
http://lienss.univ-larochelle. fr/
Alexandre [email protected]
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Irreversibility& UncertaintyEven if
Zéro GHG emissions
in 2100 temperatures wont decrease
& sea level will continue to rise
Source: Solomon et al., 2009.
T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
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The usefulness of Tourism carrying capacity as a tool
for starting implementing Adaptation to climate c hange?
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The usefulness of Tourism carrying capacity as a tool
for starting implementing Adaptation to climate c hange?
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Tourism Carrying Capacity
T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
P art A. The underlying principles of TCC
the maximum number of visitors an area can host
without irreversible damaging effects on the
environment and the society
is usually defined as
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TCC level(s)
T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
P art A. The underlying principles of TCC
E nvironmental TCC
E conomic TCC
Social TCC
Cultural TCC
F ar from the
thresholds
T hresholds
exceeded
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Beyond the numbercontroversies,
and based upon a rigorous assessment
methodology,
TCC study outputs are of real interest
An example of the (rare) field experiences:
T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
P art A. The underlying principles of TCC
3 levels of carrying capacity showing where
environmental + anthropogenic
pressures are
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How to measure TCC?
T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
P art A. The underlying principles of TCC
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How to measure TCC?
T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
P art A. The underlying principles of TCC
E xpectations regarding tourism?
Which shared values?
Stakeholders arena(authorities, economic players,
local populations, tourists)
Limits of acceptable changes
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T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
P art A. The underlying principles of TCC
How to measure TCC?
E nvironmental and human
vulnerability assessement
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T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
P art A. The underlying principles of TCC
How to measure TCC?
E xpectations regarding tourism?
Which shared values?
Stakeholders arena(authorities, economic players, local
populations, tourists)
Limits of acceptable changes
TCC synthetic index
E nvironmental and human
vulnerability assessement
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T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
P art B. Potential links between TCC & ACC
TCC & Adaptation
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T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
Tw o systemic and global approac hes
P art B. Potential links between TCC & ACC
TCC & Adaptation - C ommon features
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T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
Tw o systemic and global approac hes
TCC & ACC are context-specific
P art B. Potential links between TCC & ACC
TCC & Adaptation - C ommon features
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T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
Tw o systemic and global approac hes
TCC & ACC are context-specific
TCC & ACC are evolving approaches (assessment and monitoring)
P art B. Potential links between TCC & ACC
TCC & Adaptation - C ommon features
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T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
TCC is a tool
P art B. Potential links between TCC & ACC
TCC & Adaptation ± O ne major difference
ACC is a concept
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T ourism carrying capacity & Adaptation to climate change
C onclusion
E xpectations regarding tourism?
Which shared
values?
Stakeholders arena(authorities, economic players, local
populations, tourists)
Limits of acceptable changesE nvironmental and human
vulnerability assessement
TourismC arrying C apacity
Adaptation to
climate change?
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Alexandre MAGNAN
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Virginie DUVAT
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