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DEVELOPING ADAPTATION AND RESPONSE STRATEGIES—A SCOPING STUDY
Table 31: Monthly dry season rainfall (mm) for towns in the Wet Tropics region and Coen on Cape York
Peninsula 1971 – 2000 (except Mareeba 1991 – 2002)_______________________________________ 83
Table 32: Mean annual rainfall 1971 – 2000 and percentage <strong>of</strong> rainfall in the dry season for towns in the Cairns
region_____________________________________________________________________________ 84
Table 33: Estimates <strong>of</strong> gross economic value <strong>of</strong> tourism directly associated with the Wet Tropics__________ 85
Table 34: Populated visitor, industry, community and environment model ____________________________ 91
Table 35: Level <strong>of</strong> action being taken in response to <strong>climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> in the Cairns region_________________ 97
Table 36: Some activities currently happening to address <strong>climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> in the Cairns region_____________ 97
Table 37: Actions that need to happen to respond to <strong>climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> in the Cairns region_________________ 99
Table 38: Perception <strong>of</strong> likelihood <strong>of</strong> Cairns region adapting to likely effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> __________ 100
Table 39: Timeframe to respond to <strong>climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> _____________________________________________ 101
Table 40: Information needed for tourism and community to respond to <strong>climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> in the Cairns region 101
Table 41: Climatic conditions in 2020, 2050 and 2070 and anticipated environmental <strong>change</strong> on the Great Barrier
Reef and Wet Tropics Rainforest and its impact on tourism__________________________________ 104
Table 42: High, medium and low priority adaptation strategies for the tourism industry in the Cairns region
identified during mixed VICE group session _____________________________________________ 105
Table 43: Summary <strong>of</strong> tourism businesses in the City <strong>of</strong> Blue Mountains local government area as at June 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________ 132
Table 44: Projected <strong>change</strong>s in average annual weather conditions at Katoomba (New South Wales) ______ 134
Table 45: Final visitors, industry, community and environment grid for the Blue Mountains study ________ 142
Table 46: Hypothetical scenarios for <strong>climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> in the Blue Mountains __________________________ 144
Table 47: Prioritisation <strong>of</strong> adaptation strategies ________________________________________________ 145
Table 48: Basic community pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> the Barossa region in 2006__________________________________ 153
Table 49: Barossa <strong>climate</strong> statistics based on 30-year average_____________________________________ 159
Table 50: Climate <strong>change</strong> projections through to 2070___________________________________________ 159
Table 51: Water use by crop type 2006/2007 __________________________________________________ 162
Table 52: Adaptation strategies developed from the interview process ______________________________ 172
Table 53: Net annual additional contribution from Victorian alpine resorts to neighboring local government
areas’ economies ___________________________________________________________________ 184
Table 54: Projected <strong>change</strong>s in annual-average maximum and minimum temperature, number <strong>of</strong> days below 2°C,
total rainfall, number <strong>of</strong> rain-days (above 1mm) and heavy rainfall intensity at Mt Buller __________ 187
Table 55: Top 7 issues <strong>of</strong> concern___________________________________________________________ 188
Table 56: Commodity and region sets________________________________________________________ 195
Table 68: High priority adaptation strategies, as nominated across the four case study destinations ________ 227
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