This chapter discusses the significance and importance of tourism crisis management; the reasons for the need for disaster planning in tourism destinations; the types of disasters and disaster impacts; the threats to tourists; and the functions of crisis management. It then presents cases of...

This chapter focuses on the breeding of low-chill peach cultivars adapted to the subtropics, although they may be grown in temperate environments (in the absence of spring freezes that kill the bloom) or in tropical highlands. Topics covered are: reasons for breeding low-chill cultivars; history of ...