Local development of small islands with intense specialisation in tourism: Cost and benefits in the framework of sustainable development

Klabatsea, IS

dc.contributor.author	Klabatsea, IS	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:50:27Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:50:27Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	17433541	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/35119
dc.subject	Comparative advantage	en
dc.subject	Small islands	en
dc.subject	Spatial planning	en
dc.subject	Spatial specialisation in tourism	en
dc.subject	Sustainable development	en
dc.subject.other	comparative advantage	en
dc.subject.other	cost-benefit analysis	en
dc.subject.other	spatial planning	en
dc.subject.other	specialization	en
dc.subject.other	sustainable development	en
dc.subject.other	tourism development	en
dc.subject.other	Eurasia	en
dc.subject.other	Europe	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Southern Europe	en
dc.title	Local development of small islands with intense specialisation in tourism: Cost and benefits in the framework of sustainable development	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.2495/EEIA060211	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/EEIA060211	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	Some small Greek islands, that in recent years have come under intense pressure because of increased tourism, change radically during the year and become two completely different places. In winter they are small isolated islands with a reduced population, while in summer they receive an extremely large number of tourists. This is the major activity of the local economy and it continuously sets aside the traditional arts and occupations. Because of this, and the interest that the population shows for the tourist activity, various impacts for the region are being registered, such as the transformation of quiet or remote areas into much frequented destinations, the deterioration of the local culture, the perturbation of proportions of both open and built space, the abandonment of traditional know-how as well as the indisputable reinforcement of the local economy of these regions and the effects on a diminishing local population, particularly those of productive ages. The necessity of the planned preservation of the small islands' fragile comparative advantage is supported as a basic condition for their sustainable development through the adoption of the respective possibilities and restrictions for the local development.	en
heal.journalName	WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.2495/EEIA060211	en
dc.identifier.volume	98	en
dc.identifier.spage	205	en
dc.identifier.epage	214	en