Exploring the impacts of future tourism development on land use/cover changes

Boavida-Portugal, Inês; Rocha, Jorge; Ferreira, Carlos Cardoso

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.10.009

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“…Agricultural intensification, however, has taken place along with marginalization of remote areas and abandonment of former farmland, which in these regions is usually associated with wildfire risk [10,11]. Finally, other patterns of change, although less relevant in terms of total area, also threaten conservation of valuable habitats and natural resources: particularly, the expansion of impervious (urbanized) covers around metropolitan areas and in coastal zones [12][13][14][15].…”

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“…In contrast, an expansion and intensification of agricultural activity has taken place in the main river basins and coastal municipalities, often associated with greenhouse crops [24,25]. Finally, urban expansion has been rather important in both countries, showing urbanization rates higher than most other European countries as a consequence of relatively late (within the European context) internal migration from rural to urban areas, and to the expansion of mass tourism and real estate speculation [15,26,27].…”

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Determinants of Land Use/Cover Change in the Iberian Peninsula (1990–2012) at Municipal Level

Nogueira

Rico

2019

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This work analyzes the determinants associated with main land use/cover changes in the Iberian Peninsula during the 1990–2012 period using a decision tree model. Our main objective is to identify broad-scale patterns that associate the characteristics of geographic areas with the dominant land use/cover change process based on CORINE Land Cover (Coordination of Information on the Environment) and defined in a previously published work. Biophysical, structural and socioeconomic variables were considered as potentially explanatory of the dominant change process at municipal scale. The resulting model allowed identification of a common pattern in Portugal and Spain (urbanization being highly associated to areas already densely populated in the previous period), but also some diverging ones. In particular, dominant trends in Portuguese territory appear to be highly determined by wildfire occurrence. In contrast, Spanish municipalities showed more diverse patterns, usually associated to biophysical determinants like average forest productivity or average terrain slope.

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Determinants of Land Use/Cover Change in the Iberian Peninsula (1990–2012) at Municipal Level

Nogueira

Rico

2019

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“…Uncontrolled land use/land cover changes (LUCC) can lead to a reduction in the potential of existing ecotourism resources, namely in the form of natural and cultural tourism resources [20,21]. The reasons for land-use change because the economic benefits of wildland conversion are often considered to be greater than the costs of environmental protection, and often the benefits of ecosystem/environmental services are not included in the assessment of cost-benefit analysis in planning [7].…”

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“…Not applying the concept of ecotourism in areas with potential ecotourism can cause negative impacts in the future, one of which is the occurrence of uncontrolled land-use change. Uncontrolled land use/land cover changes (LUCC) can lead to a decrease in the potential of natural tourism resources [20,21]. In addition to natural factors, changes in land use due to uncontrolled tourism activities can increase the potential for disasters such as landslides and environmental damage [22].…”

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Ecotourism Site Suitability Using GIS and AHP: A Case Study of Ngargoyoso District in Karanganyar Regency

Adigana

Setyono

2019

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The purpose of the Karanganyar Regency Regional Tourism Development Master Plan (RIPP) is to implement Sustainable Tourism Development (STD). Of the many concepts that are appropriate for achieving this goal, the concept of ecotourism is one of them. The growth of tourism activities in the Ngargoyoso district has accelerated. Local governments need to have instruments to help achieve STD goals in their areas. Studies related to the selection of suitable areas using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) based on ecotourism activities have been widely studied and applied in various regions of the world. This study aims to identify areas suitable for ecotourism as a basis for decision making for regional tourism development. The research approach is carried out by assessing expert opinion on the basis for determining policy using the AHP method. Then integrated with GIS techniques to be able to present the results of the assessment in the form of a map of the suitability of the location for ecotourism. The suitability classes in this study are divided into S1 (Very Suitable), S2 (Fairly Sufficient), S3 (Slightly Suited), and N (Not Sufficient) for the suitability of general ecotourism and S1 (Very Sufficient), S2 (Partially Sufficient) and N (Not suitable) for special ecotourism suitability. Also, this study conducted a clustering of special ecotourism (locally), namely Hiking, Tubing, and Camping. Cluster analysis is used to get a complete picture of the condition of the region to support making preliminary policy appropriately and quickly.

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“…of a footprint [108], many directions and content remain to be expanded. For example, land is central to tourism and is used in multiple ways as a resource for tourism-focused activities [109], so the expanding tourism industry and tourism activities have had obvious impacts on land use and the environment. Therefore, examining the tourism land footprint is also a new direction that can further expand the scales of the tourism footprint family.…”

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Progress and Prospects for Tourism Footprint Research

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Yi-yuan

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Abstract:The tourism footprint family comprises the tourism ecological footprint (TEF), the tourism carbon footprint (TCF) and the tourism water footprint (TWF). The tourism footprint represents an important tool for quantitatively assessing the impact of tourism activities on the ecosystem of a tourist destination. This paper systematically reviews the relevant literature on TEF, TCF and TWF, analyses and summarizes the main progress and failures in the analytical frameworks, research methods, measurement results, environmental impacts and reductions in the tourism footprint. This paper also proposes areas for further developing the tourism footprint research, including unifying the analytical frameworks and boundaries of the tourism footprint, distinguishing the geographical scope of the tourism footprint effectively, improving the process of analyzing the environmental impact of the tourism footprint, measuring the tourism footprint scientifically and roundly, performing space-time calculations of the tourism footprint, and expanding the tourism footprint family by introducing new members. Accordingly, this paper is devoted to the continued study of the tourism footprint.

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Exploring the impacts of future tourism development on land use/cover changes

Cited by 79 publications

References 38 publications

Determinants of Land Use/Cover Change in the Iberian Peninsula (1990–2012) at Municipal Level

Determinants of Land Use/Cover Change in the Iberian Peninsula (1990–2012) at Municipal Level

Ecotourism Site Suitability Using GIS and AHP: A Case Study of Ngargoyoso District in Karanganyar Regency

Progress and Prospects for Tourism Footprint Research

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