KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR TOURISM , RECREATION AND BIOCLIMATOLOGY : Mapping the Interactions ( Part II )

The fields covered in the workshop of tourism and recreation climatology (biometeorology, bioclimatology, thermal comfort and heat balance modelling, tourism marketing and planning, urban and landscape planning, architecture, climate change, emission reduction and climate change impact assessment) refer to a wide variety of spatial scales and scopes of tourism policy intervention. To more effectively address these challenges as a cooperative scientific network, a knowledge management approach can be of assistance in identifying commonalities, differences, and information gaps among studies. To this end, this paper reports on the development of a conceptual platform for the meta-analysis of ongoing tourism and climate change research. This diagram is particularly suited to the Crete conference, given the mission of the Orthodox Academy of Crete to encourage discourse and dialog among opposing viewpoints. It was designed to challenge the assumption that the first step to designing clear policy in tourism climate change interactions is to select and defend a strategy of either adaptation or mitigation. The purpose of this paper is to benchmark and discuss the evolution of the ‘State and Change’ diagram (1, 2), thereby advancing tourism and bioclimatology knowledge management.