Artificialization and Islandness on the Spanish Tourist Coast

Pons Antoni () and Rullan Onofre ()
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Pons Antoni: Departament de Ciències de la Terra Universitat de les Illes Balears
Rullan Onofre: Departament de Ciències de la Terra Universitat de les Illes Balears

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, 2014, vol. 18, issue 1, 5-16

Abstract: This article analyses recent trends in coastal urban growth, mainly prompted by tourism in its various forms, experienced along the Spanish Mediterranean coasts and the Canary Islands, with a special focus on the Balearic Islands. The article seeks to measure and compare the differential rates of urban growth between island and continental coasts during the period 1990-2006, coinciding with the latest major economic growth cycle in Southwestern Europe, and where real estate and tourism activities have played a central role. The results suggest that the degree of urbanization in island coastal regions analysed is lower than that of mainland coastal regions.

Keywords: Coastal Artificialization; tourism; islandness; Spain; Western European Mediterranean; Balearic Islands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0010

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