Search Results - "Higham, James E.S."

Eyes wide shut? UK consumer perceptions on aviation climate impacts and travel decisions to New Zealand by Cohen, Scott Allen, Higham, James E.S.

“…The purview of climate change concern has implicated air travel, as evidenced in a growing body of academic literature concerned with aviation CO 2 emissions…”
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Using Ostrom's common-pool resource theory to build toward an integrated ecosystem-based sustainable cetacean tourism system in Hawai`i by Heenehan, Heather, Basurto, Xavier, Bejder, Lars, Tyne, Julian, Higham, James E.S., Johnston, David W.

“…This paper explores the suitability of community-based conservation measures to complement a proposed command-and-control approach for two multi-user bays with…”
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Bridging the void: science communication videos for sustainable whale watching by Finkler, Wiebke, Higham, James E.S., León, Bienvenido, Aitken, Robert

“…This study focuses on the role of science communication for sustainable whale watching management. It uses a pragmatic mixed-method approach to present a…”
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Marine wildlife and tourism management: insights from the natural and social sciences by Higham, J, Lück, M

“…Marine environments have long been places of exploration, subsistence, transport and trade, but it is only recently that marine tourism has extended beyond…”
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Space tourism in the Anthropocene by Spector, Sam, Higham, James E.S.

“…There is growing acceptance that we are living through a transition between geological ages, from the Holocene to the Anthropocene. This paper examines the…”
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Tourist Aviation Emissions: A Problem of Collective Action by Higham, James, Ellis, Elisabeth, Maclaurin, James

“…While transportation currently accounts for 23% of total global energy-related CO2 emissions, transport emissions are projected to double by 2050, driven…”
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Reconfiguring Aviation for a Climate-Safe Future: Are Airlines Sending the Wrong Message? by Higham, James, Hanna, Paul, Hopkins, Debbie, Cohen, Scott, Gössling, Stefan, Cocolas, Nicole

“…Aviation remains a problematic sector of the global economy in times of climate emergency. Grounded in the ideology of reconfiguration, we adopt a system…”
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Stakeholder perspectives on sustainable whale watching: a science communication approach by Finkler, Wiebke, Higham, James E.S.

“…Whale watching around the world has experienced explosive growth, driven largely by environmental marketing that presents it as a green alternative to whaling,…”
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‘Up in the air’: A conceptual critique of flying addiction by Young, Martin, Higham, James E.S., Reis, Arianne C.

“…•Some have argued frequent flying can be a behavioural addiction.•The application of the addiction model to flying consumption is problematic.•The…”
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Canary in the coalmine: Norwegian attitudes towards climate change and extreme long-haul air travel to Aotearoa/New Zealand by Higham, James E.S., Cohen, Scott A.

“…Accelerating global climate change poses considerable challenges to all societies and economies. The European Union now targets a 20% reduction in CO 2…”
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Managing whale-watching as a non-lethal consumptive activity by Higham, James E.S., Bejder, Lars, Allen, Simon J., Corkeron, Peter J., Lusseau, David

“…Marine tourism is a new frontier of late-capitalist transformation, generating more global revenue than aquaculture and fisheries combined. This transformation…”
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The work-sociology of academic aeromobility at remote institutions by Higham, James E. S., Hopkins, Debbie, Orchiston, Caroline

“…Theoretically framed by the concepts of networks, co-presence and proximity, we explore the interplay of corporeal and virtual academic mobilities in the…”
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Climate Change, Discretionary Air Travel, and the “Flyers’ Dilemma” by Higham, James E. S., Cohen, Scott A., Cavaliere, Christina T.

“…The “flyers’ dilemma” describes the tension that now exists between the personal benefits of tourism and the climate concerns associated with high levels of…”
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Aeromasculinities and the fallacy of sustainable aviation by Hopkins, Debbie, Gössling, Stefan, Cohen, Scott, Hanna, Paul, Higham, James E.S.

“…Despite growing recognition of the material impacts of fossil fuel extraction and use, many economic sectors remain highly dependent on these fuels. Amid…”
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Extraterrestrial transitions: Desirable transport futures on earth and in outer space by Spector, Sam, Higham, James E.S., Gössling, Stefan

“…Transport is frequently cited as one of the most expedient means by which humankind affects Earth's ecosystem. Indeed, as underscored by the Anthropocene…”
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Sociological barriers to developing sustainable discretionary air travel behaviour by Cohen, Scott A., Higham, James E.S., Reis, Arianne C.

“…Encouraging positive public behaviour change has been touted as a pathway for mitigating the climate impacts of air travel. There is, however, growing evidence…”
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Ecological restoration in Aotearoa New Zealand: Contrasting tourist conservation narratives by Zhang, Guojie, Higham, James E.S., Albrecht, Julia N.

“…Aotearoa/New Zealand is a hotspot of threatened biodiversity. In recent years, a system of local/regional eco-sanctuaries has been developed, which now play a…”
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Flights of fantasy: A reformulation of the flyers’ dilemma by Young, Martin, Markham, Francis, Reis, Arianne C., Higham, James E.S.

“…•Flying anxiety and climate change are dialectically-related symptoms of the risk society.•Risk-free flying via commodity fetishism is not yet technologically…”
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Co-creating ecological restoration experiences at Aotearoa (New Zealand) eco-sanctuaries: An environmental philosophical approach by Zhang, Guojie, Higham, James ES, Albrecht, Julia N

“…With the continuing biodiversity crisis in New Zealand, an increasing number of eco-sanctuaries have been established to restore local ecology through the…”
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Climate change and Aotearoa New Zealand by Hopkins, Debbie, Campbell-Hunt, Colin, Carter, Lynette, Higham, James E. S., Rosin, Chris

“…With a population of 4.5 million, New Zealand's contribution to total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is relatively low. On a per capita basis, however,…”
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