Local Culture Festivals and Sustainable Tourism Development in Mountain Areas. The Region of Epirus, Greece

Kostopoulou, Stella; Sofianou, Evina; Stergiou, Evangelia; Xanthopoulou-Tsitsoni, Valia

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92491-1_30

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“…The purpose of the database is to create a methodological tool to provide spatially organized information to local tourism stakeholders (e.g., tourists, decision-makers, etc.) [92,93]. The final phase in the methodology involved trying to attempt cultural associations networking based on their creative activities.…”

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Regional Creative Capacity and Creative Tourism Development. The Case of Cultural Associations in Peripheral Areas

Malisiova,

Kostopoulou

2023

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Creative Capacity (RCC) is a dynamic research topic that integrates authentic creativity, indigenous knowledge, innovation, entrepreneurship, and networking. RCC is a valuable tool for regional policy makers to achieve economic growth, tourism development, and social cohesion in peripheral areas. Cultural Associations, especially in remote areas, serve as “authentic organizations” related to local culture and traditions that support regional uniqueness, identity, and authenticity, and foster creative capacity through various cultural activities (non-typical museums, local cultural events and festivals, revival of customs, rituals, gastronomy, craft etc.). Nowadays, tourists are increasingly seeking “authentic” cultural tourism experiences that require active participation and co-creation in the community’s customs and manifestations. Therefore, cultural associations can be examined within the broader perspective of creative tourism. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the dynamics of cultural associations can function as a mechanism to encourage creative tourism in peripheral communities, using four creativity criteria: people, process, product, and environment. The study also aims to examine networking opportunities of cultural associations based on three criteria: administrative, spatial and functional, and to propose novel local creative tourism networks. The qualitative research method employed is a case study approach with structured observation, document analysis, and in-depth interviews with nineteen Cultural Associations in the Regional Unit of Rodopi in Northern Greece. Research findings reveal a strong potential for the development of creative tourism in the broader area with highlighted perspectives and options for further action, while emphasizing the need for networking of cultural associations.

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Regional Creative Capacity and Creative Tourism Development. The Case of Cultural Associations in Peripheral Areas

Malisiova,

Kostopoulou

2023

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A Multi-Criteria GIS-Based Approach for Risk Assessment of Slope Instability Driven by Glacier Melting in the Alpine Area

Castellazzi,

Previtali

2024

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Climate change is resulting in significant transformations in mountain areas all over the world, causing the melting of glacier ice, reduction in snow accumulation, and permafrost loss. Changes in the mountain cryosphere are not only modifying flora and fauna distributions but also affecting the stability of slopes in those regions. For all these reasons, and because of the risks these phenomena pose to the population, the dentification of dangerous areas is a crucial step in the development of risk reduction strategies. While several methods and examples exist that cover the assessment and computation of single sub-components, there is still a lack of application of risk assessment due to glacier melting over large areas in which the final result can be directly employed in the design of risk mitigation policies at regional and municipal levels. This research is focused on landslides and gravitational movements on slopes resulting from rapid glacier melting phenomena in the Valle d’Aosta region in Italy, with the aim of providing a tool that can support spatial planning in response to climate change in Alpine environments. Through the conceptualization and development of a GIS-based and multi-criteria approach, risk is then estimated by defining hazard indices that consider different aspects, combining the experience acquired from studies carried out in various disciplinary fields, to obtain a framework at the regional level. This first assessment is then deepened for the Lys River Valley, where the mapping of hazardous areas was implemented, obtaining a classification of buildings according to their hazard score to estimate the potential damage and total risk relating to possible slope instability events due to ice melt at the local scale.

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Local Culture Festivals and Sustainable Tourism Development in Mountain Areas. The Region of Epirus, Greece

Cited by 2 publications

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Regional Creative Capacity and Creative Tourism Development. The Case of Cultural Associations in Peripheral Areas

Regional Creative Capacity and Creative Tourism Development. The Case of Cultural Associations in Peripheral Areas

A Multi-Criteria GIS-Based Approach for Risk Assessment of Slope Instability Driven by Glacier Melting in the Alpine Area

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