The impact of tourist activities on low-density territories : evaluation frameworks, lessons, and policy recommendations / / edited by Rui Pedro Marques [and three others]

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 338.4791
• Soggetto topico: Tourism - Government policy; Tourism - Environmental aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): MarquesRui Pedro Figueiredo
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- A New Methodology for Low-density Definition and Its Effect on Tourism Development Analysis: The Case of Portugal -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Low-density Spatial Outline -- 2.2 Tourism in Peripheral and Low-density Rural Areas -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Research Setting -- 3.2 Research Data and Methods -- 3.2.1 LDI and Spatial Outline -- 3.2.2 Bivariate Regression Models -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 LDI Index and Spatial Outline -- 4.2 Level of Influence of the LDI on Each Tourism Indicator in 2018 and the Respective Percentage Change for the Period of 201... -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Assessing the Impact of Tourist Activities on Low-Density Territories: The Case of the Historical Villages of Portugal -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Low-Density Territories, Sustainable Tourism, and Indicators -- 2.1 Low-Density Territories and Sustainable Tourism -- 2.2 Indicators to Monitor the Impact of Tourist Activities -- 3 A Framework to Analyze the Impact of Tourism on Low-Density Territories -- 3.1 Methodology -- 3.2 The Framework -- 3.2.1 Characterization Dimensions -- 3.2.2 Aggregation Dimensions -- 4 Indicators for a Sustainable Tourism -- 4.1 Methodology -- 4.2 The Indicators -- 5 Final Considerations -- Annexes -- References -- Information Systems and Technologies as Promoters of the Low-Density Territories Sustainability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Technological Impact on Tourism -- 2.2 Mobile Applications -- 2.3 Digital Platforms -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Conceptualization, Prototyping and Deployment of the Digital Platform -- 4.1 Architecture and Requirements -- 4.2 Users -- 4.3 Database -- 4.4 Deployment of the Digital Platform -- 5 Final Considerations -- References. ; Releasing Cultural Tourism Potential of Less-privileged Island Communities in the Mediterranean: An ICT-enabled, Strategic, an... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Insularity and Cultural Tourism Potential in Remote and Less-privileged Mediterranean Islands -- 3 The Methodological Framework -- 3.1 Key Concerns Relevant to Cultural Heritage Planning Endeavors -- 3.2 Building up a Strategic ICT-enabled Participatory Framework for Planning Cultural Tourism -- 4 The Leros Island Region -- 4.1 Setting the Scenery: The Leros Case Study -- 4.2 Implementation of the Proposed Framework and Results -- 4.2.1 Vision, Goal, and Objectives -- 4.2.2 Exploring the External and Internal Environment -- 4.2.3 Visioning Alternative Future Trails -- 4.2.4 Scenario A´: ``Leros: From a `Soul-House´ to a Place of Multiple-Opportunities´´ -- 4.2.5 Scenario B': ``Leros: An `Open Museum´ of the European Cultural Heritage and Identity´´ -- 4.2.6 Building Consensus: Community Engagement -- 4.2.7 Reaching the Vision -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Sustainable Tourism, Young Entrepreneurship, and Social Innovation in Peripheral Rural Areas: Case Studies from Southern Italy -- 1 Theoretical Framework -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 The Cases -- 2.1.1 Castelmezzano and the ``Volo dell´Angelo´´ -- 2.1.2 Civita: An Arbëreshë Town in Pollino National Park -- 3 Thematic Findings -- 3.1 Who Are the Actors of Tourism Development in these Two Cases? -- 3.2 What Makes these Actors Social Innovators? -- 3.2.1 Roots -- 3.2.2 Rural Idyll -- 3.2.3 Self-Realization -- 3.3 From Sustainable Tourism to Social Innovation and Back -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Transformation to Seasonal Villages: Second-Home Tourism as Initiator of Rural Diversification -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Loss of Vitality of Rural Areas -- 2.2 Second-Home Tourism in Low-Density Territories. ; 2.3 Rural Tourism as a Way Out for the Low-Density Territories -- 3 A Case Study -- 3.1 Methodology and Data -- 3.2 Results -- 3.3 Findings and Discussion -- 3.3.1 Findings from the Field Research -- 3.3.2 Findings from Statistical Tests -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Tourism, Immigrants and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: The (In)coming of People as a Key Factor for Sustainability of Low-Density... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 New Mobilities: Between Tourism and Migration -- 3 Tourism, Travellers, Migrants and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas -- 3.1 Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: Around Definitions and Typologies -- 3.2 The Impact of Lifestyle Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas: A Discussion Around Tourism, Travellers and Migrants -- 4 The Case of Penamacor -- 4.1 Characterization of the Territory -- 4.2 The Immigration Phenomena -- 4.3 Profiles of Foreign Immigrants in Penamacor: Searching for a Typology -- 4.3.1 Demographic Characteristics -- 4.3.2 Motivations -- 4.3.3 Occupations, Mobilities and the Spatial Frames of Action -- 4.4 The Impact of Lifestyle Immigration in Penamacor: Between Accidental/Casual Entrepreneurs and Community Entrepreneurs -- 5 Conclusions -- Sources of Empirical Data -- References -- High-Speed Rail and Tourism in Spanish Low-Density Areas: Not Always a Solution -- 1 Introduction -- 2 HSR and Tourism: A Literature Review -- 3 HSR Deployment in Spain and Expectations -- 4 Data and Variables -- 5 HSR and Tourism in Low-Density Areas in Spain -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- The Role of Residents and Their Perceptions of the Tourism Industry in Low-Density Areas: The Case of Boticas, in the Northeas... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Need to Transform Rural Areas into Diversified Local Economies -- 3 Residents´ Perceptions of the Tourism Industry and Their Role in the Development of Tourism Activities -- 4 Research Methods. ; 4.1 Boticas: Short Presentation -- 4.2 Sample, Data Collection and Questionnaire -- 4.3 Data Analysis -- 5 Results -- 5.1 Profile of Respondents -- 5.2 Descriptive Statistics -- 5.3 Factor Analysis -- 6 Discussion of the Results and Conclusions -- References -- Decision Support Indicators for Municipal Investment in Low-Density Territories: A Case Study in the Portuguese Historical Vil... -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Economic/Financial Context -- 1.2 Expected Contributions -- 1.3 Work Structure -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 The State of the Art -- 2.2 Main Options of the Plans and Budgets of the Ten Municipalities Where the Network of the Portuguese Historical Villages Ar... -- 3 Empirical Study -- 3.1 Identification of the Research Problem and Methodology -- 3.2 Problem, Objectives, and Research Questions -- 3.3 Research Methodology -- 3.4 Analysis of the Minutes -- 3.4.1 Municipality of Almeida -- 3.4.2 Municipality of Arganil -- 3.4.3 Municipality of Belmonte -- 3.4.4 Municipality of Celorico da Beira -- 3.4.5 Municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo -- 3.4.6 Municipality of Fundão -- 3.4.7 Municipality of Idanha-a-Nova -- 3.4.8 Municipality of Meda -- 3.4.9 Municipality of Sabugal -- 3.4.10 Municipality of Trancoso -- 4 Final Considerations -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: The impact of tourist activities on low-density territories
• ISBN: 3-030-65524-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910483204703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management