Sustainable Mobility for Island Destinations.

• Author: Tsoutsos, Theocharis.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (154 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Editorial Preface -- Contents -- Sustainable, Smart and Safe Mobility at the Core of Sustainable Tourism in Six European Islands -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology and Data Collection -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Relevance of Decision Process and Data Collection to Act in Touristic Mobility -- 3.2 Tourists at Destinations Prefer to Walk -- 3.3 Role of Technological Tools to Simplify User Experience and to Improve Decision-Making -- 3.4 Elder and Disabled People Growing 'Core Customer' -- 3.5 Mobility Franchises and Need for Tailor-Made Adaptation Case by Case -- 3.6 Vertical and Horizontal Integration in Touristic Value Chain Market, Innovative Business Models and Market Regulation Challenges -- 3.7 Transport as Part of Touristic Experience -- 3.8 Health as a Cornerstone to Design Future Tourism and Mobility Services -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Assessing Sustainable Urban Mobility Policies in the Mediterranean Tourism Destinations Through Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Models -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 The PROMETHEE-Approach -- 2.2 Sustainable Mobility Policies Alternatives -- 2.3 Sustainable Mobility Criteria -- 2.4 Actors Involved in Sustainable Mobility Planning -- 2.5 Evaluation Table -- 2.6 Weight Factors -- 2.7 Sensitivity Analysis -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Calculation of the Weight Factors -- 3.2 Ranking of the Alternative Policies Per Group -- 3.3 Total Classification of Alternatives Solutions -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Scenarios Comparison -- 4.2 Sensitivity Analysis -- 4.3 Identifying Stakeholders' Interests -- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Innovation, Digital Solutions and MaaS Concept in Touristic Insular and Rural Destinations: The Case of the Shared Mobility Agency in Elba -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Key Mobility Aspects -- 2.1 Mobility Demand and Transport Schemes.

2.2 Innovation and Digital Solutions -- 2.3 Lack of Integration of Mobility Services -- 3 Last Decade Digital Solutions -- 3.1 Development of Mobile Technologies -- 3.2 "Virtual" and/or "Remote" Platforms -- 3.3 Open Data/Standardization -- 3.4 MaaS (Mobility as a Service) -- 3.5 Concept of Shared Use Mobility Agency -- 3.6 Key Role of Mobile APP -- 4 APPs Jungle -- 4.1 Exposing Information Services to the End-Users (CA) -- 4.2 Exposing Information and Providing Access to a Wider Set of Services (CB) -- 4.3 Integrating Operators Services, Innovative Functionalities (CC) -- 5 The Elba Shared Mobility Agency -- 5.1 Reference Context and Users' Needs Analysis -- 5.2 The Specifications of the Agency Platform -- 5.3 Use Cases -- 5.4 The Agency Implementation and Business Model -- 5.5 First Results -- 6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Co-creating Sustainable Urban Mobility Solutions for Guests and Citizens: The Experience in the Elba Island -- 1 Introduction: Stakeholders Engagement to Co-create Sustainable Mobility Solutions -- 1.1 The DESTINATIONS Challenge: Sustainable Transport Solutions to Meet Residents and Tourists Demand -- 1.2 Co-creation Methodology -- 2 The Experience in the Elba Island -- 2.1 Citizens and Stakeholders' Participation -- 2.2 Co-creation Events -- 2.3 Shared Agenda for Action -- 2.4 Strategic Mission and Target Actions for the Elba SUMP -- 2.5 Shaping Public Transport on Elba to Meet Seasonal and Touristic Demand -- 3 Conclusions: Main Lessons Learned from the Elba Experience -- References -- Shared Mobility Services in Malta: User Needs and Perceptions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainable Mobility and Sharing Services -- 2.1 Bicycle- and Car-Sharing Systems -- 2.2 Shared Mobility in Malta -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References.

Is Cycling an Attractive Transport Solution in a Mediterranean City? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State of the Art -- 2.1 Study Area -- 2.2 Research Methodology -- 3 Results -- 3.1 General Information -- 3.2 Transportation Within the City -- 3.3 Cycling in the City and Infrastructures -- 3.4 Driving Conduct -- 4 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Promoting Sustainable Mobility in Tourist Destinations: Mobility Center 2.0 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mobility Centers: A One-Stop Shop for Sustainable Mobility -- 3 The Five Steps of Implementation -- 4 Cost/Benefit Analysis -- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Climate Change Mitigation Through Smart Environmental Monitoring of the Urban Ecosystem in Insular Touristic Cities: Experience from Rethymno and Madeira -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Detailed Description of the Two Systems -- 2.1 The Case of Rethymno -- 2.2 The Case of Madeira -- 3 Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research -- References.