Professori / Professor

Tutkimusalat

Matkailu ja kehitys; kestävyys; matkailu ja ilmastonmuutos, sopeutuminen; yhteisötutkimus; erämaatutkimus

Research themes

Tourism and development; sustainability; tourism, climate change and adaptation; community studies; wilderness research

Valikoidut viimeaikaiset julkaisut / Selected recent publications

• Saarinen, J. & C.M. Rogerson (2014) Tourism and the Millennium Development Goals: Perspectives Beyond 2015. Tourism Geographies (accepted).
• Hambira, W., J. Saarinen, J. Atlhopheng and H. Manwa (2014). Climate change adaptation practices in nature-based tourism in Maun in the Okavango Delta area, Botswana: how prepared are the tourism businesses? Tourism Review International 17(2), (accepted).
• Saarinen, J. (2014). Tourism and Tourists in Nature, National Parks and Wilderness. In Hall, C.M, Lew, A. and A. Williams (eds). The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism. Blackwell (accepted)
• Saarinen, J. (2014). Transforming Destinations: A Discoursive Approach to Tourist Destinations and Development. In Viken, A. and B. Granås (eds) Destination dynamics. Themes, turns and tactics. Adelshot: Ashgate (accepted).
• Kajan, E. and J. Saarinen (2014). Transforming Visions and Pathways in Destination Development: Local Perceptions and Adaptation Strategies to Changing Environment in Finnish Lapland. In Viken, A. and B. Granås (eds) Destination dynamics. Themes, turns and tactics. Adelshot: Ashgate (accepted).
• Kajan, E. and J. Saarinen (2013). Tourism, Climate Change and Adaptation: a Review. Current Issues in Tourism 16:2, 167–195.
• Tervo-Kankare, K., Hall, C.M. and J. Saarinen (2013). Christmas tourists’ perceptions to changing climate in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. Tourism Geographies 15:2, 292–317.
• Saarinen, J. (2013). Indigenous tourism and the challenge of sustainability. In Smith, M. (ed.) Handbook of Cultural Tourism. Routledge, London.
• Saarinen, J., Rogerson, C. & H. Manwa (2013). Tourism, Poverty Reduction and the Millennium Development Goals: Perspectives and Debates. In Saarinen, J., Rogerson, C. & H. Manwa (eds). Tourism and Millennium Development Goals: Tourism, Local Communities and Development, pp. 1-12. London: Routledge.
• Rogerson, C., Saarinen, J. & H. Manwa (2013). Beyond 2015 – Rethinking the Nexus of Tourism and Poverty Reduction. In Saarinen, J., Rogerson, C. & H. Manwa (eds). Tourism and Millennium Development Goals: Tourism, Local Communities and Development, pp. 225-235. London: Routledge.
• Saarinen, J., Hambira, W.L, Atlhopheng, J. and H. Manwa (2013). Tourism and Climate Change in Southern Africa: Perceived impacts and adaptation strategies of the tourism industry to changing climate and environment in Botswana. In Reddy, V. and K. Wilkes (eds) Tourism, Climate Change and Sustainability. Routledge, London
• Tervo-Kankare. K. & J. Saarinen (2013) The role of climate change in tourism development strategies: A sustainability perspective in tourism strategies in the Nordic countries. In Reddy, V. and K. Wilkes (eds) Tourism, Climate Change and Sustainability. Routledge, London.
• Saarinen, J. (2013) ‘Tourism into the wild’: The limits of tourism in wilderness. In Holden, A. & D. Fennell (eds). The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and the Environment. London, Routledge, pp. 145-154.
• Saarinen, J., W. Hambira, J. Atlhopheng and H. Manwa (2012) Perceived impacts and adaptation strategies of the tourism industry to climate change in Kgalagadi South District, Botswana. Development Southern Africa 29:2, 273–285.
• Saarinen, J. (2012). Tourism Development and Local Communities: The Direct Benefits of Tourism to OvaHimba Communities in the Kaokoland, North-West Namibia. Tourism Review International 15: 1–2, 149-157.
• Saarinen, J (2011). Tourism, indigenous people and the challenge of development: the representations of Ovahimbas in tourism promotion and community perceptions towards tourism. Tourism Analysis 16:1, 31-42.
• Sæþórsdóttir, A-D., Hall, C.M. and J. Saarinen (2011). Making Wilderness: Tourism and the history of the wilderness idea in Iceland. Polar Geography 34: 4, 249–273.
• Saarinen, J (2010). Local tourism awareness: community views on tourism and its impacts in Katutura and King Nehale Conservancy, Namibia. Development Southern Africa 27:5, 713–724.
• Hall, C.M. & J. Saarinen (2010). Polar Tourism: Definitions and Dimensions. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 10:4, 448–467.
• Saarinen, J & K. Tervo (2010). Sustainability and Emerging Awareness to Changing Climate: Tourism Industry’s Knowledge and Perceptions of the Future of Nature-based Winter Tourism in Finland. In Hall, C.M & J Saarinen (eds) Tourism and Change in the Polar Regions: Climate, Environment and Experiences. London: Routledge, 147–164.
• Hall, C.M. & J. Saarinen (2010). Last Chance to See? Future Issues for Polar Tourism and Change. In Hall, C.M & J Saarinen (eds) Tourism and Change in the Polar Regions: Climate, Environment and experiences. London: Routledge, 301-310.
• Hall, C.M. & J. Saarinen (2010). Tourism and Change in the Polar Regions: Introduction – Definitions, Locations, Places and Dimensions. In Hall, C.M & J Saarinen (eds) Tourism and Change in the Polar Regions: Climate, Environment and Experiences. London: Routledge, 1–41.
• Tervo, K. & J. Saarinen (2010) Climate change and adaptation strategies of tourism industry in Northern Europe. In Polar Tourism: Human, Environmental and Governance Dimensions, edited by: Maher, P, Stewart, E. and M. Lück.  Cognizant Communication Corporation; Elmsford, NY.

Kirjat / Books

• Saarinen, J., C. Rogerson & H. Manwa (Eds)(2012). Tourism, Development and Millennium Development Goals. London: Routledge.
• van der Duim, R., Meyer, D, Saarinen, J and K. Zellmer (Eds)(2011). New Aliances for Tourism, Conservation and Development in Eastern and Southern Africa. Eburon, Delft.
• Hall, C.M & J Saarinen (Eds) (2010) Tourism and Change in the Polar Regions: Climate, Environment and experiences. London: Routledge. 318 p.
• Saarinen, J., Becker, F., Manwa, H. and D. Wilson (Eds) (2009). Sustainable Tourism in Southern Africa: Local Communities and Natural Resources in Transition. Channel View, Clevedon. 290 p.
• Hall, C.M., Muller, D. and J. Saarinen (2009). Nordic tourism: Cases and Issues. Clevedon, Channelview.