Examining social-ecological resilience: using content analysis to assess changes in public perceptions of the synergetic interactions between tourism development and landscape protection.

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Abstract

Tourism destinations constantly need to adapt to socio-economic and environmental changes (Davidson, 2010; Lew, 2014). Resilience thinking has recently emerged as a concept for understanding how to cope with these changes (Biggs, 2011; Espiner & Becken, 2014; Imperiale & Vanclay, 2016; Lew, 2014; Luthe & Wyss, 2014). Resilience thinking may contribute to better decision making regarding the management of the interactions between tourism and landscape. In the academic scholarship on tourism, resilience has been primarily discussed as a theoretical concept, and its application in empirical research lags behind the conceptual discussion (Lew, 2014). This chapter addresses this gap by providing an empirical application of the concept of resilience to the Island of Terschelling in the Wadden Sea region of the Northern Netherlands, a tourism destination experiencing changing social–ecological conditions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResilient destinations and tourism
Subtitle of host publicationGovernance strategies in the transition towards sustainability in tourism
EditorsJarkko Saarinen, Alsion M. Gill
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter11
Pages153-170
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-315-16215-7
ISBN (Print)978-1-138-06177-4
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Publication series

NameContemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
PublisherRoutledge

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