Contesting the Foreshore : : Tourism, Society and Politics on the Coast /

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Contesting the Foreshore : : Tourism, Society and Politics on the Coast / / ed. by Tom Selwyn, Jeremy Boissevain.

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This collection of essays examines social, political, and economic relations in primarily European coastal locations through the lens of tourism. The contributors explore the intersecting interests of fishing, tourism, and development and the conflict among local communities and market forces, all o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Alban, Frédérique,
Bianchi, Raoul V.,
Boissevain, Jeremy,
Boncoeur, Jean,
Clifton, Julian,
Duim, René van der,
Frangoudes, Katia,
Ireland, Michael John,
Kousis, Maria,
Lengkeek, Jaap,
Pascual, José J.,
Rogelja, Nataša,
Selwyn, Tom,
Talavera, Agustín Santana,
HerausgeberIn:
Boissevain, Jeremy,
Selwyn, Tom,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2004]
©2005
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:MARE Publications ; 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 20 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Series Foreword
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Privatising the Mediterranean Coastline
  • 3. Littoral Fishermen, Aquaculture, and Tourism in the Canary Islands: Attitudes and Economic Strategies
  • 4. Between the Sea and the Land: Exploring the Social Organisation of Tourism Development in a Gran Canaria Fishing Village
  • 5. Tourism, Kinship, and Social Change in Sennen Cove, Cornwall
  • 6. Evaluating Contrasting Approaches to Marine Ecotourism: 'Dive Tourism' and 'Research Tourism' in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia
  • 7. Fishermen and the Creation of Marine Parks: Northern Sporades (Greece), Northern Cap de Creus (Catalonia), and the Iroise Sea (France)
  • 8. An Assessment of the Potential Interest of Fishermen to Engage in Boat-Chartering in the Context of a Marine Park: The Case of the Iroise Sea, Western Brittany, France
  • 9. Marine and Coastal Issues in Local Environmental Conflict: Greece, Spain, and Portugal
  • 10. Hotels, Tuna Pens, and Civil Society: Contesting the Foreshore in Malta
  • 11. All Pervading Island Tourism: The Case of Texel, The Netherlands
  • 12. Izola's Fishermen between Yacht Clubs, Beaches, and State Borders: Connections between Fishing and Tourism
  • Index
  • List of Contributors

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