Enhancing coastal areas governance for sustainable tourism in the context of urbanization and climate change in eastern Thailand

作     者：Vilas NITIVATTANANON Sirinapha SRINONIL 

作者机构：Department of Development and SustainabilirySchool of EnvironmentResources and DevelopmentAsian Institute of TechnologyPathum Thani12120Thailand 

出 版 物：《Advances in Climate Change Research》 (气候变化研究进展（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第10卷第1期

页      面：47-58页

核心收录：

学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0706[理学-大气科学] 0816[工学-测绘科学与技术] 0704[理学-天文学] 0825[工学-航空宇航科学与技术] 

基　　金：Designated Area for Sustainable Tourism Authority French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development IRASEC Koh Chang National Park Koh Mak MOFAID Research Center for Culture and Tourism Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia UNUD Udayana University 

主　　题：Climate change Coastal urbanization Environment Governance Infrastructure and services Sustainable tourism 

摘      要：Coastal areas in the eastern sub-region of Thailand,a popular destination in Southeast Asia,are facing rapid tourism-related urbanization and associated consequences of environment and climate change(CC).Thus,this study aims to analyze the relationships between tourism,coastal areas,the environment,and CC in the context of tourism urbanization;and recommend strategies for enhancing the governance of coastal *** popular destinations were selected as study areas,Koh Chang,Koh Mak,and *** discussions,questionnaire surveys,in-terviews,and observation were used for primary data collection together with secondary *** results show that the development of these destinations has been incompatible with the coastal environment and CC *** urbanization from tourism development is the main driver of environmental changes and makes the areas vulnerable to CC-related *** water scarcity and pollution are found the most critical environmental issues of the destinations,coastal areas are negatively affected in terms of increased air and water pollution and resource *** have also been exposed to different CC-related problems while the risks of accumulative impacts of both environment and CC have not been adequately recognized or *** some measures have provided synergies of improved environment and increased climate resilience,possible conflicts and gaps were also *** infrastructure integration and optimization to enhance coastal areas environment and climate resilience are suggested.