Social-ecological dynamics and water stress in tourist islands: the case of Rhodes, Greece

Skrimizea, Eirini; Parra, Constanza

doi:10.1080/09669582.2019.1630420

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“…The Millennium Goals' seventh objective is to protect the environment by permanently providing environmental services and commodities, such as providing a clean and sustainable supply of water for the people. The financial expenditures for environmental protection and management by the medical services sector, both public and private, and the municipal, industrial, and service sectors (hotel and education activities) were included in the study of environmental expenditures for the year 2019 (Azilah et al, 2014;Chan et al, 2016;Cheng-Yue et al, 2020;Christopher et al, 2018;Eirini et al, 2019;Emmanouela et al, 2016;Gomez-Conde et al, 2019). The public sector is (government ministries and universities).…”

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Business Sustainability Practice and Operational Management Inhotel Industry in Aqaba Special Authority Economic Zone Authority (Aseza)

Jawabreh¹,

Abdelrazaq²,

Jahmani³

2021

GTG

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The objectives of this paper are to explore the understanding of tourism through business sustainability through the management of the environmental and operating practices of five-star hotels in Aqaba Jordan. Data would be obtained from a variety of outlets, including paper analyses, impressions, and questionnaires. Semi-structured interviews are typically used to retrieve and supply details. The primary purpose of such interviews is to collect contextual knowledge from the sampled community. It also seeks to include useful knowledge on specific problems and to gain a range of perspectives on specific issues. It is planned to pilot the paper and pencil surveys and the test details to be gathered by field visits and semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal that hotels in Aqaba have used reuse or recycle glass or plastics. In order to encourage sustainable practices in the hotel industry in Jordan, we need to build distinction and competitive advantages by cost savings. The sustained success of economic operations is of utmost importance to companies, whether in the production or service sectors. This emphasis on sustainability is especially relevant to the growth of tourism and hospitality destinations. Established and Emerging economies have embraced environmental and organizational sustainability as a core.

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Business Sustainability Practice and Operational Management Inhotel Industry in Aqaba Special Authority Economic Zone Authority (Aseza)

Jawabreh¹,

Abdelrazaq²,

Jahmani³

2021

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“…The most prominent example of this is perhaps the official municipal guidance on how to implement the zoning and planning regulations within a protected monument, issued by the Technical Chamber of Greece. This official administrative document entitled "Experiencing the uniqueness of the medieval town of Rhodes daily" [12] offers little insight into the town's ICH, laying out the strict planning requirements and emphasising the need to adhere to planning legislation for the ultimate benefit of "quality tourism" instead (Skrimizea and Parra, 2019;Jennings, 2006) [13]. According to this narrative, "quality tourism" is attracted when planning laws are adhered to and the cultural heritage site becomes aesthetically pleasing to the tourist gaze (Urry and Larsen, 2011).…”

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Cultural heritage beyond juridification: towards a place-first research agenda

Kanellopoulou,

Panayiotopoulos,

Pavlidis

2024

JPMD

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Purpose This paper aims to propose a research agenda towards a holistic, grounded and flexible approach to cultural heritage that can address social challenges and transformations in the context of place. It critiques the dominant/hegemonic cultural heritage narratives, deriving from juridification and calls for a grounded approach in the way cultural heritage is framed and experienced. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual, focusing on the need to open a line of enquiry into the relationship between legal texts, cultural heritage narratives and social challenges and transformations. It follows the letter of the international conventions on cultural heritage against the worked example of the medieval town of Rhodes in Greece. Findings The paper sets the relevant research priorities for the investigation of the effective relationship between cultural heritage and social challenges in the context of place, and further stretches the need to evaluate the role of legal and regulatory texts to that effect. Originality/value The paper identifies new priorities for thinking about the effects of juridification/the law, cultural heritage and social challenges/transformations in a place-specific context. It seeks to open new avenues of scientific explorations and new interdisciplinary dialogues between a variety of disciplines that are relevant to the way a place engages and addresses social challenges and transformations.

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“…Huang Zhenfang et al [43] took the water resource supply capacity and water body area as important evaluation indicators of the environmental carrying capacity. Skrimizea E. and Parra C. [44] introduced the tourism environment into the ecological framework of the social ecosystem and carried out a qualitative analysis of the water resources pressure in tourism destinations to explore the driving force of pressure changes.…”

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Decoupling Analysis of Water Consumption and Economic Growth in Tourism in Arid Areas: Case of Xinjiang, China

Cao

Wang

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In recent years, the rapid development of tourism in China’s arid areas has led to a continuous increase in water consumption, heightening the tension between water supply and demand in the region. For this reason, drought-type tourist destinations require a method for estimating the tourism water demand and analyzing the sustainable state of water resources. Existing studies focus on the impact of tourism development on the water resources and environment of tourist destinations. However, few scholars have paid attention to whether tourism development is decoupled from the tourism water footprint. Using an analysis of the tourism water footprint based on the TWF-LCA model and Tapio decoupling theory, this study investigates the relationship between the tourism water footprint and tourism economic growth in Xinjiang from 2003 to 2021. The results show that from 2003 to 2021, the water consumption footprint of the tourism industry in Xinjiang was generally on the rise, and the virtual water consumption of tourists was 3.5 times that of direct water consumption. S-WF is the largest contributor to the total TWF, accounting for 46.13% on average, followed by C-WF, V-WF, Tr-WF, and finally, A-WF, which has the smallest share (less than 5%). The decoupling model shows that, in most years, the tourism water consumption and economy have been in a weak decoupling state, and the growth rate of the tourism water footprint is smaller than the growth rate of the tourism economy. However, in 2007 and 2016, the two were in an expansionary negative decoupling state, that is, the growth rate of the tourism water footprint was greater than the growth rate of the tourism economy. In 2008 and 2019, they were in a weak negative decoupling state, that is, the decline rate of the tourism water footprint was less than the tourism economic recession rate. In 2013, the growth rate of the tourism economy and tourism water footprint declined. Our analysis enriches the literature on tourists’ WF and the impact of tourism activities on water resources, providing a reference for estimating the WF of drought-type tourism and analyzing the sustainability of tourism water resources.

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Social-ecological dynamics and water stress in tourist islands: the case of Rhodes, Greece

Cited by 20 publications

References 46 publications

Business Sustainability Practice and Operational Management Inhotel Industry in Aqaba Special Authority Economic Zone Authority (Aseza)

Business Sustainability Practice and Operational Management Inhotel Industry in Aqaba Special Authority Economic Zone Authority (Aseza)

Cultural heritage beyond juridification: towards a place-first research agenda

Decoupling Analysis of Water Consumption and Economic Growth in Tourism in Arid Areas: Case of Xinjiang, China

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