Technical approach for a sustainable tourism development. Case study in the Balearic Islands

Fortuny, Marc; Soler, Roger; Cánovas, Catalina; Sánchez, Antoni

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.05.003

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“…3 , the Balearic Islands are the hydrographic zone with the highest AGR values, while Galicia, Cantabrian, and GG show the lowest AGR values. These results confirm the reasoning behind the work of Fortuny et al ( 2008 ), which was aimed at developing a plan for sustainable management of tourism in the Balearic Islands because of the negative impacts of tourism activities on the islands' environment. The huge amount of total MSW generated each year as a result of tourism activities was one of these negative impacts, with the waste generated per person and day in summer increasing by 67 % with respect to winter.…”

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confidence: 81%

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Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities

Prades

Gallardo

Ibáñez

2014

Environ Monit Assess

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This paper analyzes the generation and composition of municipal solid waste in Spanish towns and cities with more than 5000 inhabitants, which altogether account for 87 % of the Spanish population. To do so, the total composition and generation of municipal solid waste fractions were obtained from 135 towns and cities. Homogeneity tests revealed heterogeneity in the proportions of municipal solid waste fractions from one city to another. Statistical analyses identified significant differences in the generation of glass in cities of different sizes and in the generation of all fractions depending on the hydrographic area. Finally, linear regression models and residuals analysis were applied to analyze the effect of different demographic, geographic, and socioeconomic variables on the generation of waste fractions. The conclusions show that more densely populated towns, a hydrographic area, and cities with over 50,000 inhabitants have higher waste generation rates, while certain socioeconomic variables (people/car) decrease that generation. Other socioeconomic variables (foreigners and unemployment) show a positive and null influence on that waste generation, respectively.

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“…As can be seen in Tables 6 and 7 , the Balearic Islands is an area with higher AGR values than the rest of the hydrographic areas, which is due to the large amounts of waste generated by tourist activities (Fortuny et al 2008 ).…”

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Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities

Prades

Gallardo

Ibáñez

2014

Environ Monit Assess

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“…As proof for that is the research carried out in the Balearic Islands [30], where a house was analyzed in August, 2004. Before the study was applied, the water consumption was 110 L per capita per day, and after of this study, when some solutions were adopted, the consumption decreased to 80 L per capita per day.…”

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A New System for Households in Spain to Evaluate and Reduce Their Water Consumption

Gutierrez-Escolar

Castillo-Martinez

Pulido

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Abstract:The objective of this paper is to describe a developed model and its corresponding application, known as System to Evaluate the Water Consumption at Home (SEWAT). The aim is to create a new model to evaluate the efficiency of water consumption. Thanks to the input of the water bills by users, the model allows them to check if water consumption is efficient, in order to give them an opportunity to evaluate their water usage. To succeed in it, several researches were tracked in order to establish consumer trends and to identify the most efficient value for this magnitude. Furthermore, a survey was conducted to obtain updated values to validate information from previous studies. However, the main aim of this model is to use the resources efficiently, so it has to be useful accordingly. Therefore, after the evaluation, the application has a section with recommendations for the users to reduce their water consumption through a range of different indications. This section is divided into four: bathroom, kitchen, new appliance and reusing water. Each section shows the expected benefits if the users follow the recommended options. The main result is a unique application in Spain, which includes a system of evaluation, comparison and a section of recommendations for the users. Eventually, the model will have a promising outcome, because it surely will change the awareness of citizens about this subject.

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“…Other environmental related issues of concern are the increasing population size of the island community, improper solid waste disposal and sewage treatment systems and unregulated exploitation of the island resources (terrestrial and marine) which deserve serious attention to establish threshold limit for sustainable use. These concerns about environmental threats arising from rapid tourism development were also highlighted in studies by Teh and Cabanban (2007), Fortuny et al (2008), Roman et al (2007 and Abdullah et al (2004).…”

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Establishing limits of acceptable change (LAC) for anthropogenic development on Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia

2013

Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies

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Technical approach for a sustainable tourism development. Case study in the Balearic Islands

Cited by 43 publications

References 15 publications

Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities

Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities

A New System for Households in Spain to Evaluate and Reduce Their Water Consumption

Establishing limits of acceptable change (LAC) for anthropogenic development on Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia

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