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Diversifying Mediterranean Tourism as a Strategy for Regional Resilience Enhancement

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Mediterranean destinations that rely on sun and beach tourism—like the Algarve region, south of Portugal—are in a fragile situation. Challenges related to an aging population and climate change (e.g. extreme temperatures and sea level rise) will have consequences on the development of Mediterranean regions. In this context, sea level rise and beach area reduction could have a disruptive impact in these touristic regions. This chapter discusses how a strategy of regional resilience enhancement could allow for a transition and a differentiation from mainstream sun and beach touristic activities to alternative and sustainable types of tourism, such as nature-based and cultural-landscape touring. It outlines a touristic green infrastructure spatial planning approach to reinforce regional resilience as a competitive, cultural and systemic adaptation strategy, diversifying regional development basis overall.

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This study was financed by FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology through the PhD grant SFRH/BD/102328/2014. The authors thank the support given by ICS—Social Science Institute, University of Lisbon, CICS.NOVA—Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon, Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, University of Algarve, and Laboratory for Geocomputation, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University.

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Samora-Arvela, A., Vaz, E., Ferrão, J., Ferreira, J., Panagopoulos, T. (2018). Diversifying Mediterranean Tourism as a Strategy for Regional Resilience Enhancement. In: Pinto, H., Noronha, T., Vaz, E. (eds) Resilience and Regional Dynamics. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95135-5_6

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