Future Holiday Climate Index (HCI) performance of urban and beach destinations in the Mediterranean
(2020) In Atmosphere 11(9).- Abstract
Tourism is a major socioeconomic contributor to established and emerging destinations in the Mediterranean region. Recent studies introducing the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) highlight the significance of climate as a factor in sustaining the competitiveness of coastal and urban destinations. The aim of this study is to assess the future HCI performance of urban and beach destinations in the greater Mediterranean region. For this purpose, HCI scores for the reference (1971-2000) and future (2021-2050, 2070-2099) periods were computed with the use of two latest greenhouse gas concentration trajectories, RCP 4.5 and 8.5, based on the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) domain and data. The... (More)
Tourism is a major socioeconomic contributor to established and emerging destinations in the Mediterranean region. Recent studies introducing the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) highlight the significance of climate as a factor in sustaining the competitiveness of coastal and urban destinations. The aim of this study is to assess the future HCI performance of urban and beach destinations in the greater Mediterranean region. For this purpose, HCI scores for the reference (1971-2000) and future (2021-2050, 2070-2099) periods were computed with the use of two latest greenhouse gas concentration trajectories, RCP 4.5 and 8.5, based on the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) domain and data. The outputs were adjusted to a 500 m resolution via the use of lapse rate corrections that extrapolate the climate model topography against a resampled digital elevation model. All periodic results were seasonally aggregated and visualized on a (web) geographical information system (GIS). The web version of the GIS also allowed for a basic climate service where any user can search her/his place of interest overlaid with index ratings. Exposure levels are revealed at the macro scale while sensitivity is discussed through a validation of the climatic outputs against visitation data for one of Mediterranean's leading destinations, Antalya.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk ; Saygili-Araci, F. Sibel ; Pacal, Aytac ; Hall, C. Michael LU and Kurnaz, M. Levent
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- publishing date
- 2020
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Antalya, Beach tourism, Climate change, Climate modeling, Holiday Climate Index (HCI), Mediterranean, Urban tourism
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- Atmosphere
- volume
- 11
- issue
- 9
- article number
- 911
- publisher
- MDPI AG
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- scopus:85091887874
- ISSN
- 2073-4433
- DOI
- 10.3390/ATMOS11090911
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 87f16e39-fac1-41b7-8d4a-0e024473d8d8
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- 2020-11-03 12:49:18
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abstract = {{<p>Tourism is a major socioeconomic contributor to established and emerging destinations in the Mediterranean region. Recent studies introducing the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) highlight the significance of climate as a factor in sustaining the competitiveness of coastal and urban destinations. The aim of this study is to assess the future HCI performance of urban and beach destinations in the greater Mediterranean region. For this purpose, HCI scores for the reference (1971-2000) and future (2021-2050, 2070-2099) periods were computed with the use of two latest greenhouse gas concentration trajectories, RCP 4.5 and 8.5, based on the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) domain and data. The outputs were adjusted to a 500 m resolution via the use of lapse rate corrections that extrapolate the climate model topography against a resampled digital elevation model. All periodic results were seasonally aggregated and visualized on a (web) geographical information system (GIS). The web version of the GIS also allowed for a basic climate service where any user can search her/his place of interest overlaid with index ratings. Exposure levels are revealed at the macro scale while sensitivity is discussed through a validation of the climatic outputs against visitation data for one of Mediterranean's leading destinations, Antalya.</p>}},
author = {{Demiroglu, O. Cenk and Saygili-Araci, F. Sibel and Pacal, Aytac and Hall, C. Michael and Kurnaz, M. Levent}},
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keywords = {{Antalya; Beach tourism; Climate change; Climate modeling; Holiday Climate Index (HCI); Mediterranean; Urban tourism}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{9}},
publisher = {{MDPI AG}},
series = {{Atmosphere}},
title = {{Future Holiday Climate Index (HCI) performance of urban and beach destinations in the Mediterranean}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ATMOS11090911}},
doi = {{10.3390/ATMOS11090911}},
volume = {{11}},
year = {{2020}},
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