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

Abstract

PART I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: introduction and method 1.1 General introduction 1.2 Purpose, aim and scope 1.3 Outline and method

PART II: SEA-LEVEL RISE AND DECISION-MAKING IN THE COASTAL ZONE Chapter 2: the garbage can – a theoretical approach to decision-making 2.1 Decision-making processes in institutions 2.2 The garbage can theory 2.3 The garbage can theory for institutional decision-making – a revised approach 2.4 The garbage can (revised) – motivation, information and power 2.5 Motivation, information and power: internal system dependencies

Chapter 3: integrated coastal zone management in the People’s Republic of China – an assessment of structural impacts on decision-making processes 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Chinese coast 3.3 Integrated coastal zone management 3.4 The Chinese political system 3.5 Impacts of the Chinese political system 3.6 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 frameworks 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Adaptation – defining conceptual and organisational frameworks 4.3 Potential organisational frameworks supporting adaptation 4.4 Conclusion: short-term and long-term targets in competition – climate change management as an alternative framework?

PART III: TOURISM AND DECISION-MAKING Chapter 5: the role of climate information in tourist destination choice decision-making 5.1. Introduction 5.2 Literature review and hypothesis formulation 5.3 Research design 5.4 Analysis 5.5 Discussion and conclusion

Chapter 6: the Chinese are coming – an analysis of the preferences of Chinese holiday makers at home and abroad 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The data 6.3 Regression analysis 6.4 Market potential 6.5 Conclusion

Chapter 7: an analysis of the travel motivation of tourists from the People’s Republic of China 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Where do the Chinese go for their holidays? – pull-factors, policies and marketing strategies, and hypotheses 7.3 Descriptive Analysis 7.4. Regional analysis: sources 7.5. Discussion and conclusion

Chapter 8: Chinese tourism and decision-making 8.1 Motivation, information and power – the tourism perspective 8.2 The effects of uncertainty in climate change on the emerging tourism industry in China

PART IV: CONCLUSION Chapter 9: conclusion and outlook 9.1 Summary 9.2 Novel academic findings and insights for policy-making practices 9.3 Outlook 9.4 General conclusion