chapter 1 An Introduction to Tourism and Global Environmental Change / STEFAN GÖSSLING AND C. MICHAEL HALL -- part PART I Environments -- chapter 2 Impacts of global environmental change on tourism in the polar regions / MARGARET E. JOHNSTON -- chapter 3 Global Environmental Change and Mountain Tourism / DANIEL SCOTT -- chapter 4 Lakes and Streams / BRENDA E. JONES -- chapter 5 Tourism and Forest Ecosystems / STEFAN GÖSSLING -- chapter 6 The Coastal and Marine Environment / STEPHEN J. CRAIG-SMITH, RICHARD TAPPER AND XAVIER FONT -- chapter 7 Deserts and Savannah Regions / ROBERT PRESTON-WHYTE, SHIRLEY BROOKS AND WILLIAM ELLERY -- chapter 8 Tourism Urbanisation and Global Environmental Change / C. MICHAEL HALL -- part PART II Global issues -- chapter 9 Tourism, Disease and Global Environmental Change: The Fourth Transition? / C. MICHAEL HALL -- chapter 10 Tourism and Water / STEFAN GÖSSLING -- chapter 11 Extreme Weather Events / CHRIS R. DE FREITAS -- chapter 12 Tourism, Biodiversity and Global Environmental Change / C. MICHAEL HALL -- part PART III Stakeholder adaptation and perceptions -- chapter 13 The Role of Climate Information in Tourist Destination Choice Decision Making / JACQUELINE M. HAMILTON -- chapter 14 Restructuring the Tourist Industry: New Marketing Perspectives for Global Environmental Change / SZILVIA GYIMÓTHY -- chapter 15 US Ski Industry Adaptation to Climate Change: Hard, Soft and Policy Strategies / DANIEL SCOTT -- chapter 16 The example of the avalanche winter 1999 and the storm Lothar in the Swiss Alps / CHRISTIAN J. NÖTHIGER -- chapter 17 Tourists and Global Environmental Change: A Possible Scenario in Relation to Nature and Authenticity / ERIKA ANDERSSON CEDERHOLM AND JOHAN HULTMAN -- chapter 18 Conclusion: wake up. this is serious / STEFAN GÖSSLING AND C. MICHAEL HALL.