An alternative planning paradigm for coastal landscapes and tourism: spatial metrics as indicators for planning coastal tourism landscapes
Coastal urbanization dynamics in the Algarve are intimately related with tourism, which dominates the regional economy. We present part of the results of a research project in the coastal landscapes of Algarve, focusing on land use and land change, particularly urban sprawl around Faro, one of t...
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| description | Coastal urbanization dynamics in the Algarve are intimately related with
tourism, which dominates the regional economy. We present part of
the results of a research project in the coastal landscapes of Algarve,
focusing on land use and land change, particularly urban sprawl around
Faro, one of the highest concentrations of tourism resorts in the region.
We performed a diachronic analysis (1990-2000) based on Corine Land
Cover data. We combined contingence tables and landscape metrics. A
parsimonious suite of these spatial metrics were selected in order to be
easily combined as to derive results with a straightforward
interpretation, and moving windows technique facilitated the task in
identifying gradients of landscape heterogeneity.
Land use planning must pay more attention to tourism, adopting
combined spatial approaches, monitor initiatives, and do better plans.
Metrics are good indicators for this purpose. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c8e875d1ba6b403a80bded0d926639372025-02-02T02:39:58ZengUniversity of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURSTourism & Management Studies2182-84662018-01-01141455710.18089/tms.2018.14104An alternative planning paradigm for coastal landscapes and tourism: spatial metrics as indicators for planning coastal tourism landscapesAndré Botequilha-Leitão 0Emilio Diáz-Varela1University of Algarve, Faculty of Sciences and Technology and Study Centre for Heritage, Landscape, and Construction (CEPAC), PortugalUniversity of Santiago de Compostela, Escola Politécnica Superior Lugo, SpainCoastal urbanization dynamics in the Algarve are intimately related with tourism, which dominates the regional economy. We present part of the results of a research project in the coastal landscapes of Algarve, focusing on land use and land change, particularly urban sprawl around Faro, one of the highest concentrations of tourism resorts in the region. We performed a diachronic analysis (1990-2000) based on Corine Land Cover data. We combined contingence tables and landscape metrics. A parsimonious suite of these spatial metrics were selected in order to be easily combined as to derive results with a straightforward interpretation, and moving windows technique facilitated the task in identifying gradients of landscape heterogeneity. Land use planning must pay more attention to tourism, adopting combined spatial approaches, monitor initiatives, and do better plans. Metrics are good indicators for this purpose.https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/1014/pdf_75sustainable tourismmediterranean coastal landscapeland use changeurban sprawlspatial metrics |
| spellingShingle | André Botequilha-Leitão Emilio Diáz-Varela An alternative planning paradigm for coastal landscapes and tourism: spatial metrics as indicators for planning coastal tourism landscapes Tourism & Management Studies sustainable tourism mediterranean coastal landscape land use change urban sprawl spatial metrics |
| title | An alternative planning paradigm for coastal landscapes and tourism: spatial metrics as indicators for planning coastal tourism landscapes |
| title_full | An alternative planning paradigm for coastal landscapes and tourism: spatial metrics as indicators for planning coastal tourism landscapes |
| title_fullStr | An alternative planning paradigm for coastal landscapes and tourism: spatial metrics as indicators for planning coastal tourism landscapes |
| title_full_unstemmed | An alternative planning paradigm for coastal landscapes and tourism: spatial metrics as indicators for planning coastal tourism landscapes |
| title_short | An alternative planning paradigm for coastal landscapes and tourism: spatial metrics as indicators for planning coastal tourism landscapes |
| title_sort | alternative planning paradigm for coastal landscapes and tourism spatial metrics as indicators for planning coastal tourism landscapes |
| topic | sustainable tourism mediterranean coastal landscape land use change urban sprawl spatial metrics |
| url | https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/1014/pdf_75 |
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