scholarly journals The impact of climate change on visitor destination selection: A case study of the Central Drakensberg Region in KwaZulu-Natal

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nduduzo A. Ngxongo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Destination Choice ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Destination Choices ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
The Impact

Many variables influence visitors’ destination choices, for example, affordability, attractions, health and safety, and expectancies. Amongst the indirect influences in destination choice by tourists, climate change is perhaps the greatest factor because of its negative impact on the ecological landscape of tourist destinations. Using the Central Drakensberg Region (CDR) as a case study, this article seeks to investigate the influence of climate change on visitors’ destination choices. A quantitative descriptive survey was conducted on a sample of n347 participants who were selected using purposive and convenience sampling procedures under the auspices of non-probability. The statistical analyses were performed using the latest edition of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (Version 25.0). Based on the study’s results, climate change was found to be a key influence on tourists’ decision-making, behaviour and spending habits at tourist destination like the Central Drakensberg Area. The most significant climatic parameter for tourists was determined to be pleasant and warm temperatures, as well as the summer season. Furthermore, owing to the current climate change circumstances, visitors were found to be less likely to return or recommend future visits to the region. To that end, tourism officials in the CDR should swiftly implement adaptation measures to counter the effects, and explore alternatives such as soft tourism and non-climate-dependent activities to accommodate visitors year-around. Further research is recommended to establish the extent to which socio-demographic characteristics influence destination choice in the area, as well as to ascertain the current state of climate change impacts.

scholarly journals Does Climate Change Influence Guest Loyalty at Alpine Winter Destinations?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bausch ◽  
Humpe ◽  
Gössling
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Choice Model ◽  
Destination Choice ◽  
Dynamic Feedback ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Winter Tourism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Guest Loyalty

: Research has dealt extensively with different aspects of climate change and winter tourism such as the impact on ski resorts and ski lift operators, adaptation strategies, governance at destinations and reactions of winter sports guests to changing snow conditions. This paper goes deeper into the question of destination choice and examines the role of climate change among the many factors affecting guest loyalty at Alpine winter destinations. The study uses an established destination choice model with choice sets, destination image and dynamic feedback loop. A qualitative online forum identifies factors influencing winter destination choice, followed by a quantitative survey which compares Alpine winter holidaymakers categorised as “loyal”, “disloyal” and “undecided”. The results demonstrate that climate change clearly influences destination choice, but snow sports are not the only affected attractors. Enjoyment of the natural environment and value for money are just as high on the list of guest motivators. This indicates that climate change adaptation measures such as snowmaking can be counterproductive to guest loyalty because they spoil the natural scenery and raise prices. The paper concludes with a recommendation for winter destinations to prioritize conservation of the natural environment and integrate more environmental protection measures into their management strategies.

scholarly journals On the Impact of Climate Change on Building Energy Consumptions: A Meta-Analysis

Energies ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 354
Author(s):  
Ludovica Maria Campagna ◽  
Francesco Fiorito
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Building Energy Consumption ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Climate Zones ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact

The body of literature on climate change impacts on building energy consumption is rising, driven by the urgency to implement adaptation measures. Nevertheless, the multitude of prediction methodologies, future scenarios, as well as climate zones investigated, results in a wide range of expected changes. For these reasons, the present review aims to map climate change impacts on building energy consumption from a quantitative perspective and to identify potential relationships between energy variation and a series of variables that could affect them, including heating and cooling degree-days (HDDs and CDDs), reference period, future time slices and IPCC emission scenarios, by means of statistical techniques. In addition, an overview of the main characteristics of the studies related to locations investigated, building types and methodological approaches are given. To sum up, global warming leads to: (i) decrease in heating consumptions; (ii) increase in cooling consumption; (iii) growth in total consumptions, with notable differences between climate zones. No strong correlation between the parameters was found, although a moderate linear correlation was identified between heating variation and HDDs, and total variation and HDDs. The great variability of the collected data demonstrates the importance of increasing specific impact studies, required to identify appropriate adaptation strategies.

scholarly journals Definition of Forest for REDD+: an Unresolved Issue

2011 ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Medrilzam Medrilzam ◽  
Paul Dargusch
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Forest Definition ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change ◽  
Definition Of

Debate over arrangements for REDD+ in a post-Kyoto climate policy framework has been continuing in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations; however, no review of the applicability of the existing forest definition to future REDD+ implementation has been undertaken. This paper highlights the need to review the definition of forest, and examines proposals to improve existing definitions. The impacts of the current forestry definition are discussed with reference to Indonesia as a case study. It is concluded that careless definition of selected forest-related terms has had a negative impact on Indonesia’s involvement in the implementation of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) afforestation and reforestation (A/R) projects. In the global context, this paper concludes that there should be clear definitions for definition of forest that are flexible enough to accommodate the various interests of UNFCCC parties. At the national level, each country should specify their forest definition carefully, taking into consideration the guidance provided at the global level and its own forest characteristics and management. Failing to do so can limit the involvement of these nations in future REDD+ schemes and reduce their capacity to mitigate climate change impacts.

scholarly journals Adjustment of Irrigation Schedules as a Strategy to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in Cyprus

Agriculture ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Dalias ◽  
Anastasis Christou ◽  
Damianos Neocleous
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Water Demands ◽  
Monthly Changes ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change

The study aimed at investigating eventual deviations from typical recommendations of irrigation water application to crops in Cyprus given the undeniable changes in recent weather conditions. It focused on the seasonal or monthly changes in crop evapotranspiration (ETc) and net irrigation requirements (NIR) of a number of permanent and annual crops over two consecutive overlapping periods (1976–2000 and 1990–2014). While the differences in the seasonal ETc and NIR estimates were not statistically significant between the studied periods, differences were identified via a month-by-month comparison. In March, the water demands of crops appeared to be significantly greater during the recent past in relation to 1976–2000, while for NIR, March showed statistically significant increases and September showed significant decreases. Consequently, the adjustment of irrigation schedules to climate change by farmers should not rely on annual trends as an eventual mismatch of monthly crop water needs with irrigation water supply might affect the critical growth stages of crops with a disproportionately greater negative impact on yields and quality. The clear increase in irrigation needs in March coincides with the most sensitive growth stage of irrigated potato crops in Cyprus. Therefore, the results may serve as a useful tool for current and future adaptation measures.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 on Highway Traffic and Management: The Case Study of An Operator Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5320
Author(s):  
Carlos Oliveira Cruz ◽  
Joaquim Miranda Sarmento
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Highway Traffic ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Service Disruption ◽  
Multidisciplinary Perspective ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic created an enormous disruption to the everyday life of the modern society. Among the various urban systems, transportation services were among those that suffered the most significant impacts, particularly severe in the case of highways. This paper addresses the challenges and responses to the pandemic from a private highway operator’s perspective and from a multidisciplinary perspective. Highway operators faced two main challenges: on one hand, the need to cope with the potential disruption caused by the pandemic and a national lockdown for almost three months, the provision of road services, and the requirement to ensure the proper operation and maintenance, and on the other hand, the strong negative impact of the pandemic on levels of traffic. Our case study shows that the operator’s management response in question is essentially characterised by being a first response to short term impacts while balancing for workers health and safety, engineering and management, internal business management, and overall economic impact. Highway operators were hardly prepared for such an event and became more focused on prioritising their employees and clients’ safety to avoid service disruption. Regarding levels of traffic, the pandemic has had severe effects, although to a varying degree, depending on the different types of vehicles (heavy, light, passenger, freight, among other types of vehicles) and the location of highways (coastal vs. interior). The lessons learnt can be valuable in future disruptive events and for other highway concession operators.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of climate change adaptation interventions in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact of funding modalities: a mixed methods systematic review protocol

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biljana Macura ◽  
◽  
Nella Canales ◽  
Inès Bakhtaoui ◽  
Richard Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

International climate finance plays a key role in enabling the implementation of adaptation measures. However, while there is a common metric for gauging the effectiveness of finance for mitigation – greenhouse gas emission reduction per unit of funding – no corresponding metric exists for adaptation. Instead, assessments of what works best in adaptation finance focus either on procedural aspects of funding modalities, such as equity in the allocation of funding, or on the extent to which specific adaptation activities produce the desired results. This mixed methods systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness of adaptation finance and bridge the gap between those two approaches. It involves a transparent and comprehensive synthesis of the academic and grey literature on how different characteristics of adaptation projects in sub-Saharan Africa – and finance for those projects – affect adaptation outcomes, particularly in terms of risk and vulnerability to climate change impacts. Finalised adaptation projects funded by a set of the multilateral climate funds and two bilateral donors (United Kingdom and Sweden) are the focus of this review. The findings can help inform the future design and implementation of adaptation activities as well as funding decisions.

scholarly journals THE RESILIENCE OF FISHERMEN’S FAMILY STRUCTURE: A CASE STUDY OF FAMILY FISHERMEN'S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN PASAR BAWAH BEACH SOUTH BENGKULU

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-223
Author(s):  
Febrina Hasibuan ◽  
Septri Widiono ◽  
Redy Badruddin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

A study in addresing the resilience of the family structure of fishermen to the impacts of climate change was necessary in the context survival strategy of fishermen family. This research was conducted in the beach of Pasar Bawah, Pasar Manna South Bengkulu by using the case study strategy. Primary data was collected by in-deepth interviewing some key informant and participant observation some specific location.The research found that the impact of climate change experienced by fishermen were a tidal wave, a change in wind direction, extreme weather, the shifting seasons and shifting fishing area. The vulnerability of fishermen community were seen from the level of exposure, the sensitivity and adaptability. This vulnerability affected the family structure of fishermen so that they have to take action in order to survive and able to achieve resilience family. But the impact of climate change did not affected the family structure became disturb. The structure of family such as differentiation of roles, allocation of economic, political allocation, allocation allocation solidarity andintegration were functional.Keywords: climate change, vulnerability, social resilience, sociology of family,fisherman

scholarly journals EFFECT OF RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM X-RAY MACHINES AND METAL DETECTORS ON THE HEALTH OF SAFETY OFFICERS OF CORRUPTION INSTITUTIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Lauditta Indahdewi ◽  
Rizki Dinanda
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Exposure ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Correctional Institution ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
Metal Detectors ◽  
Effects Of Radiation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Dose Radiation

Health and safety environtment are an important issue and must be materialized in every task execution. As an officer at the forefront of correctional institutions, P2U officers often do not know the magnitude of the impact of radiation exposure to their health. The impact often can be minimized by given the knowledge to the officers P2U related dangers that can cause health problems for them. Therefore, in this study conducted case study on the magnitude of the dose radiation exposure officers who can provide a prudent effect in carrying out the task through laboratory tests. This research can provide knowledge not only to the officers, but also the community that will later visit the Correctional Institution. According to the data listed in the correctional Database system until March 2020 it has been recorded as many as 9,917 guards who every day were on the machine that had a negative impact on their health. With this research, officers need to implement strict protocols in order to avoid the adverse effects of radiation on their health.

scholarly journals Adoption of Durum Wheat Cultivar ‘Salim’ with a Technical Package and Its Resilience to Climate Change Impacts in Smallholders: Case of Nebeur/Kef Region, Tunisia

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2379
Author(s):  
Sourour Ayed ◽  
Saida Mlouhi ◽  
Imen Bouhaouel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Durum Wheat ◽  
Wheat Cultivar ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Durum Wheat Cultivar ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
The Impact

In recent years, there has been an urgent need for local strategies to ensure food sustainability in Tunisia, recognized as a climate change hotspot region. In this context, adaptation measures, including the adoption of high-yielding durum wheat cultivars with adequate agronomical practices, are an important avenue to improving the productivity of the smallholders that represent 80% of Tunisian farmers. Thus, this study highlights the impact of (i) the adoption of the recently marketed durum wheat cultivar ‘Salim’ as compared to the common cultivar ‘Karim’ and the transfer of a technical package to 11 farmers in the Nebeur delegation/Kef-Tunisia (semi-arid region) during the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 cropping seasons, and (ii) climate change on the expected mean grain yield and biomass by 2070, using the CropSyst agronomic cultivation model based on multi-year crop simulations run with a daily weather series (2020–2070). The adoption of ‘Salim’ with the recommended package, compared to ‘Karim’ with the farmer practices, significantly increased the grain yield (37.84%) and biomass (55.43%). Otherwise, the impact of the 0.8 °C temperature rise on the potential yields and biomass over the next 51 years was positive. Contrary to expectations, the yield increases for the two cultivars were very close, but the yield of ‘Salim’ (36.02 q ha−1) remains much higher than that of ‘Karim’ (23.34 q ha−1). On other hand, ‘Salim’ experienced a higher increase for biomass compared to that of ‘Karim’. These results indicate that the adoption of the ‘Salim’ cultivar with its technical package might be considered as a strategy of adaptation to Nebeur conditions and to future climate change events.

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