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Sustainable tourism: a valid remedy against climate change impact in every context. The Svalbard and Kiribati archipelagos [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
: Climate change, with relevant global warming, has a deep and global impact on environment but the consequences on local populations and respective economic activity may differ in a significant way depending on the dissimilar socio-economic conditions.
PALMENTIERI, STEFANIA
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Carbon dioxide emissions of Antarctic tourism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The increase of tourism to the Antarctic continent may entail not only local but also global environmental impacts. These latter impacts, which are mainly caused by transport, have been generally ignored.
Amelung, B.   +7 more
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Integrating characteristically Chinese cruise ship functional space and appearance with design and practice

open access: yesZhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2020
Objectives The capacity for creative design within Chinese cruise ships is insufficient at present. Artistic designs bearing European and American lifestyles cannot meet the aesthetic requirements of Chinese people.
ZHANG Yumei   +4 more
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Sea cruises as a new branch of the tourism industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The article presents sea cruises - a form of tourism which is not very common in Poland but flourishes in other parts of the world. The author describes world and European fleets, cruise routes, ports visited and elements of cruise organization.
Ptaszycka-Jackowska, Danuta
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Evaluating air emission inventories and indicators from cruise vessels at ports [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper provides an estimation of air emissions (CO2, NOX, SOX and PM) released by cruise vessels at the port level. The methodology is based on the Bfull bottom-up^ approach and starts by evaluating the fuel consumed by each vessel on the basis of
Martín Alcalde, Enrique   +3 more
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Community on a cruise ship: The contribution of an ethnographic research in studying the cruise ship industry [PDF]

open access: yesGlasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2017
Originating from a very small part of the industry of ocean passenger transport, the cruise ship phenomenon grew into a global international business for organizing vacation and travel, becoming by the mid-20th century the fastest-growing branch
Končar Lara
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental Research on the Stiffness Step between the Main Hull and Superstructure of Cruise Ships

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
The demand for larger passenger capacity and more entertainment facilities has led to the rapid growth of the cruise tourism market. The superstructure of cruise ships is designed to be plumper, with numerous decks and complex structural forms.
Zhiyong Pei   +3 more
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Sonar research conducted during the period 1 January - 31 March 1961 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1961
This is a report of activities supported under Contract NObsr-72521 for the period 1 January through 31 March 1961. It also contains mention of other reports, papers, and undertakings of the submarine geophysics group (listed under "Personnel") which ...
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, /
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Structural changes in the cruise network by ship size in Northeast Asia

open access: yesAsian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, 2022
Several ports want cruise ships to call at their ports for economic benefits. However, the main cause of concern is the complexity of port selection behavior for cruise lines. Tracking cruise ship movement data may help them understand the port selection
Hirohito Ito   +2 more
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Infectious Diseases on Cruise Ships [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Infectious Diseases, 1999
Travel by sea is one of the earliest forms of transportation. From ancient times to the present, people have traveled by ship for purposes of food obtainment, trade of goods, conquest, employment, and leisure. Before ships were built large enough to take long ocean voyages, the most relevant medical problems included drownings, injuries, and attacks by
A, Minooee, L S, Rickman
openaire   +2 more sources

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