Section 1. Introduction -- 1. Mass tourism, diversification and sustainability in Southern Europe's coastal regions / Bill Bramwell -- 2. The policy context for tourism and sustainability in Southern Europe's coastal regions / Bill Bramwell -- -- Section 2. Coastal tourism : impacts and policies -- 3. Crete : endowed by nature, privileged by geography, threatened by tourism? / Helen Briassoulis -- 4. Tourism development in Greek insular and coastal areas : sociocultural changes and crucial policy issues / Paris Tsartas -- 5. Tourism growth, national development and regional inequality in Turkey / Cevat Tosun, Dallen J. Timothy, Yüksel Öztürk -- 6. Problems of island tourism development : the Greek insular regions / Konstantinos Andriotis -- 7. Sustainable tourism planning in northern Cyprus / Jon Sadler -- -- Section 3. Mass tourism coastal resorts and sustainable development -- 8. Learning from experience? : progress towards a sustainable future for tourism in the Central and Eastern Andalucían littoral / Michael Barke, John Towner -- 9. Measuring sustainability in a mass tourist destination : pressures, perceptions and policy responses in Torrevieja, Spain / J. Fernando Vera Rebollo, Josep A. Ivars Baidal -- 10. The planning and practice of coastal zone management in southern Spain / Gonzalo Malvárez García, John Pollard, Rafael Domínguez Rodríguez -- 11. Using EMAS and Local Agenda 21 as tools towards sustainability : the case of a Catalan coastal resort / Xavier Campillo-Besses, Gerda K. Priestley, Francesc Romagose -- 12. Environmental initiatives in the hotel sector in Greece : case study of the 'Green Flags' project / Artemios Chatziathanassiou, Daphne Mavrogiorgos, Konstantinos Sioulas -- -- Section 4. Diversified coastal tourism and sustainable development -- 13. Sustainable tourism : utopia or necessity? : the role of new forms of tourism in the Aegean Islands / Ioannis Spilanis, Helen Vayanni -- 14. Tourism, culture and cultural tourism in Malta : the revival of Valletta / Nadia Theuma -- 15. Coffee shop meets casino : cultural responses to casino tourism in northern Cyprus / Julie E. Scott -- 16. Tourism, modernisation and development on the island of Cyprus : challenges and policy responses / Richard Sharpley -- 17. Rejuvenation, diversification and imagery : sustainability conflicts for tourism policy in the Eastern Adriatic / Derek Hall.
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This book examines the development of mass tourism in coastal regions of Southern Europe, with implications for similar regions across the world. It provides a critical assessment of two influential policies intended to promote sustainable development, these being attempts to make mass tourism resorts more sustainable, and the development of smaller-scale, alternative tourism products.
Ecotourism-- Europe, Southern.
Ecotourism-- Mediterranean Region.
Sustainable development-- Europe, Southern.
Sustainable development-- Mediterranean Region.
Développement durable-- Europe méridionale.
Développement durable-- Méditerranée, Région de la.