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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455675703321

Titolo

Coastal mass tourism [[electronic resource] ] : diversification and sustainable development in southern Europe / / edited by Bill Bramwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon ; ; Buffalo, : Channel View Publications, 2003

ISBN

1-280-62798-0

9786610627981

1-873150-70-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (371 p.)

Collana

Aspects of tourism ; ; 12

Altri autori (Persone)

BramwellBill <1955->

Disciplina

338.4/79140946

Soggetti

Ecotourism - Europe, Southern

Ecotourism - Mediterranean Region

Sustainable development - Europe, Southern

Sustainable development - Mediterranean Region

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; The Contributors; 1 Mass Tourism, Diversification and Sustainability in Southern Europe's Coastal Regions; 2 The Policy Context for Tourism and Sustainability in Southern Europe's Coastal Regions; 3 Crete: Endowed by Nature, Privileged by Geography, Threatened by Tourism?; 4 Tourism Development in Greek Insular and Coastal Areas: Sociocultural Changes and Crucial Policy Issues; 5 Tourism Growth, National Development and Regional Inequality in Turkey; 6 Problems of Island Tourism Development: The Greek Insular Regions

7 Sustainable Tourism Planning in Northern Cyprus8 Learning From Experience? Progress Towards a Sustainable Future for Tourism in the Central and Eastern AndalucĂ­an Littoral; 9 Measuring Sustainability in a Mass Tourist Destination: Pressures, Perceptions and Policy Responses in Torrevieja, Spain; 10 The Planning and Practice of Coastal Zone Management in Southern Spain; 11 Using EMAS and Local Agenda 21 as Tools Towards Sustainability: The C

Sommario/riassunto

This text examines the development of mass tourism in coastal regions



of Southern Europe, with implications for similar regions. It provides a critical assessment of attempts to make mass tourism resorts more sustainable, and the development of smaller-scale, alternative tourism products.