Abstract:Assigning a monetary value to a landscape improves its importance. It helps to realize the magnitude of the benefits that can be obtained and represents the basis for applying protection and improvement policies. As a case study, we considered Marina del Este, located on the Spanish Southern Mediterranean coast, characterized by the presence of protected natural areas of great value and a rugged coastline beautiful to sailors. This study applies the analytic multicriteria valuation method (AMUVAN) to estimate … Show more
“…However, an implicit understanding of the concept of landscape is held in its broadest sense, even if there is no specific training on the landscape. The fact that the interviews deduce the importance of landscape in Marina del Este results is coherent with the results obtained in previous studies on the economic valuation of the landscape in this same location [59].…”
Section: Learnings From Swot Analysissupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Within this set of values, there are some in which it is necessary to improve their evaluation because of the importance they have for managing the marina. The principal function of a marina is hospitality [58,59,73,74]. Marinas are infrastructures related to nautical tourism [56,72], and tourism and hospitality are strongly linked [75].…”
Section: Learnings From Landscape Valuesmentioning
Landscape values are related to the attributes that people assign to a perceived landscape. They reflect marina user perceptions, thus representing a feedback tool for marina managers to use to verify the degree of user satisfaction. This study focused on identifying and assessing a marina’s landscape values. We took Marina del Este (Granada, Spain) as a case study. We considered interviews and a questionnaire to devise methods to enhance the participation of stakeholders and users. First, the SWOT analysis from stakeholder interviews enabled us to collect management’s perceptions. Second, the survey gathered the marina’s landscape values, comprising 104 respondents from visitors and users. ANOVA and PCA methods were applied to check the suitability of the values. The results showed that the marina should be in keeping with an atmosphere of tranquility and well-being. Nevertheless, there was a need to improve values related to nautical tourism, such as hospitality and maintenance, dealing with the lack of space and an excess of urbanization in the surroundings. Marina managers should consider these outcomes and analyze the points of improvement to establish the causes of these disagreements and propose solutions for the established management model. The perception of stakeholders and users can enable more consensual policies with greater levels of acceptance and involvement.
“…However, an implicit understanding of the concept of landscape is held in its broadest sense, even if there is no specific training on the landscape. The fact that the interviews deduce the importance of landscape in Marina del Este results is coherent with the results obtained in previous studies on the economic valuation of the landscape in this same location [59].…”
Section: Learnings From Swot Analysissupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Within this set of values, there are some in which it is necessary to improve their evaluation because of the importance they have for managing the marina. The principal function of a marina is hospitality [58,59,73,74]. Marinas are infrastructures related to nautical tourism [56,72], and tourism and hospitality are strongly linked [75].…”
Section: Learnings From Landscape Valuesmentioning
Landscape values are related to the attributes that people assign to a perceived landscape. They reflect marina user perceptions, thus representing a feedback tool for marina managers to use to verify the degree of user satisfaction. This study focused on identifying and assessing a marina’s landscape values. We took Marina del Este (Granada, Spain) as a case study. We considered interviews and a questionnaire to devise methods to enhance the participation of stakeholders and users. First, the SWOT analysis from stakeholder interviews enabled us to collect management’s perceptions. Second, the survey gathered the marina’s landscape values, comprising 104 respondents from visitors and users. ANOVA and PCA methods were applied to check the suitability of the values. The results showed that the marina should be in keeping with an atmosphere of tranquility and well-being. Nevertheless, there was a need to improve values related to nautical tourism, such as hospitality and maintenance, dealing with the lack of space and an excess of urbanization in the surroundings. Marina managers should consider these outcomes and analyze the points of improvement to establish the causes of these disagreements and propose solutions for the established management model. The perception of stakeholders and users can enable more consensual policies with greater levels of acceptance and involvement.
“…Grundel et al explored in 2022 a collaborative process for Sweden, namely landscape resource analysis, as a tool to identify a variety of values and sometimes conflicting interests and to improve communication about these among different stakeholders by using maps and GIS [57]. In 2022, Martin and Yepes applied an analytic multicriteria valuation method to estimate the landscape's economic contribution [58]. In 2013, Tagliafierro et al proposed a multidisciplinary approach integrating landscape ecology, landscape preference studies and environmental economics to assess the economic value that people attach to different landscape attributes [59].…”
Housing prices are influenced by extrinsic and intrinsic factors. This study aims to highlight the economic impact of the perceived landscape on single-family houses prices in a Spanish Mediterranean urban area (Marbella). Considering the landscape an important added value in real estate markets, this study also explores the landscape elements that contribute the most to the value of housing. A particularly positive influence of mixed views (urban elements and Mediterranean scrub) and sea views is detected in the analysis. Sea views are highly requested in the local housing market, but due to the graded topographical layout of Marbella, it is not very difficult to have sea views for houses. The low importance of views on natural land areas is worth noting when one of the attractions of this municipality is that of a highly valued Mediterranean natural environment. Views on the old town centre are somewhere in between: although the old town centre is highly regarded, with a generally good state of preservation, the sampled properties have poorer quality perspectives, with reduced visual basins and views centred on the foreground, usually the houses opposite.
“…The development of sustainable nautical tourism is underrepresented in the literature, and the sources available focus mainly on environmental issues. Social aspects are left unexplored, as is the training of staff for the nautical tourism sector [8][9][10]. Education to assist older adults at marinas is a new concept, aimed at drawing attention to its social and economic importance.…”
Education can be the first step towards sustainable tourism. This article discusses the use of age simulation suits to educate university students majoring in nautical tourism. The research goal was to verify whether using such suits in the process can sensitize students to problems that may be faced by the elderly in marinas. The goal of the research has been achieved through a pilot study carried out on a group of students. In the experiment, two Sakamoto suits were used that simulate a number of ailments characteristic of old age. The participants found the classes using the suits to be helpful in both their private lives and future careers, when they will face problems resulting from an aging society. After the experiment, the participants declared a greater understanding of the elderly and were able to identify more problems that senior tourists might encounter while visiting marinas. Therefore, in the future, they may make decisions to implement solutions that accommodate the needs of senior tourists in marinas. This is the first step toward fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals and creating accessible, sustainable tourism.
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