2012
DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2012.653477
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An Analysis of Greenways from an Economic Perspective

Abstract: This paper presents a comparative study of the maintenance costs of the Girona greenways (the "vies verdes") and the sports facilities of the boroughs through which they run, viewing greenways from the perspective of sports pursuits (cycling and walking) and tourism. The paper defines the concept of greenways, contextualises the Girona greenways and the methodological procedure employed to obtain the data, in line with the contributions of Carrasco for cost accounting at Spanish municipal public authorities. T… Show more

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“…Greenways generally have a far lower cost per use than sports facilities. Within this context, greenways are of importance to the residents and tourists in rural areas [9]. Many cases have proven that greenway tourism can bring rich economic returns to local communities.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Greenways generally have a far lower cost per use than sports facilities. Within this context, greenways are of importance to the residents and tourists in rural areas [9]. Many cases have proven that greenway tourism can bring rich economic returns to local communities.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Las vías verdes han centrado la atención de la academia desde perspectivas diversas como la planificación (Ahern 1995;Searns 1995), el turismo (Mundet & Coenders 2010;Mercat 2009), la economía (Palau et al 2012) o el desarrollo rural (Aycart & Hernández 2007;Piket et al 2013). Y así, aunque muchos de ellos tratan tangencialmente la cuestión de las políticas públicas, no hay ninguno que lo aborde como objeto central de la investigación.…”
Section: Diseño De Investigaciónunclassified
“…En relación a los casos de esta tesis doctoral, en primer lugar se escogió el caso de las vías verdes de Girona por distintos motivos: la creación e implementación es resultado de la cooperación local (desde abajo, bottom-up"), hay una institución creada ad hoc para la gestión de la vía, distintos actores participan de su implementación convirtiéndola en una política multinivel, es un caso de éxito reconocido, la existencia de literatura académica aunque no sea de políticas públicas (Mundet & Coenders 2010;Palau et al 2012;Canals Ametller 2000; Torrellas 2010) y el conocimiento previo del autor sobre la cuestión.…”
Section: Selección Y Justificación De Los Casosunclassified
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