The Impact of Tourist Activities on Low-Density Territories: Evaluation Frameworks, Lessons, and Policy Recommendations (Paperback)

Table of Contents

Preface

1.      A New Methodology for Low-Density Definition and its Effect on Tourism Development Analysis ? the Case of Portugal

Ricardo Bento, Alexandre Guedes and Luis Ramos

2.      Assessing the Impact of Tourist Activities on Low-Density Territories: The Case of the Historical Villages of Portugal

Ricardo Biscaia, Ana Isabel Melo, Manuela Natario, Augusta Ferreira, Carlos Santos, Dalila Dias, Goncalo Gomes, Graca Azevedo, Rui Pedro Marques, Paula Rocha and Ruben Duarte

3.      Information Systems and Technologies as Promoters of the Low-Density Territories Sustainability

Rui Pedro Marques, Carlos Santos, Ruben Duarte, Ana Isabel Melo, Augusta Ferreira, Dalila Dias, Goncalo Gomes, Graca Azevedo, Manuela Natario, Paula Rocha and Ricardo Biscaia

4.      Releasing Cultural Tourism Potential of Less-privileged Island Communities in the Mediterranean: An ICT-enabled, Strategic and Integrated Participatory Planning Approach

Dionisia Koutsi and Anastasia Stratigea

5.      Sustainable Tourism, Young Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in Peripheral Rural Areas: Case studies from Southern Italy

Rita Salvatore, Emilio Cocco and Anna Farrell Mines

6.      Transformation to Seasonal Villages: Second-home Tourism as Initiator of Rural Diversification

Aleksandra Terzi? and Biljana Petrevska

7.      Tourism, Immigrants and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: The (In)coming of People as a Key Factor for Sustainability of Low-density Territories ? a Case Study in Portugal

Anabela Dinis

8.      High-speed rail and tourism in Spanish low-density areas: not always a solution

Daniel Albalate, Javier Campos and Juan Luis Jimenez

9.      The Role of Residents and their Perceptions of the Tourism Industry in Low-density Areas: The case of Boticas, in the North-East of Portugal

Helder da Silva Lopes, Paula Remoaldo, Maria Dolores Sanchez-Fernandez, Jose Cadima Ribeiro, Sara Silva and Vitor Ribeiro

10.  Decision Support Indicators for Municipal Investment in Low-Density Territories: A Case Study in the Portuguese Historical Villages

Antonia Martins, Graca Azevedo, Carlos Santos, Ana Isabel Melo, Augusta Ferreira, Dalila Dias, Goncalo Gomes, Maria Manuela Natario, Paula Rocha, Ricardo Biscaia, Ruben Duarte and Rui Pedro Marques