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The traditional coastal destinations: from decline to diversification, from mass to vocational tourism. Governance and Sustainability in new tourism trends
No full textGOVERNING TOURISM MONOCOLTURE: MEDITERRANEAN MASS TOURISM DESTINATIONS AND GOVERNANCE NETWORKS
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Jasmines for tourists. Heritage policies in Tunisia
No full textThe chapter focuses on four cases that have been empirically investigated by the authors over the last ten years. Case studies concern mass tourism destinations supporting some heritage policies or important heritage sites. The attention is focused mainly on Carthage as a nationalist symbol; Djerba, a mass tourism destination characterised by a multi-cultural heritage; Uthina, an ancient Roman colony that provides an interesting insight into the role heritage sites played in Regimes as welfare tools and finally we look at the crisis affecting the traditional pottery sector in Cap Bon, the leading tourist region in Tunisia and particularly in Nabeul. Starting from the cases the chapter shows the role of heritage in incorporating territories into the global tourism market, in developing a national mythological past and provides some suggestions on how heritage strategies can be influenced by the recent revolutionary events in Tunisia
La transizione paesaggistica del sistema ferroviario della Sardegna
No full textLe immagini del processo di infrastrutturazione del territorio create dalla geografia industriale, capaci di fornire grandi informazioni sui siti, sulle tecniche usate, sugli scambi commerciali attivati hanno lasciato sullo sfondo la partecipazione delle maestranze e la percezione delle popolazioni, i processi di reinsediamento della popolazione attivati o favoriti, le trasformazioni territoriali e i cambiamenti ambientali che li hano accompagnati. In un momento nel quale si osserva uno sforzo generalizzato di definizione o di creazione di vocazioni turistiche e di reidefinizione delle tipicità e dei caratteri del paesaggio rurale dei territori in questione, l'ipotesi di una riconversione delle linee ferroviarie secondarie secondarie o dismesse per usi turistico-ricreativi fornisce elementi di riflessione importanti sul ruolo del paesaggio
Physical and Economic Water Productivity in Agriculture between Traditional and Water-Saving Irrigation Systems: A Case Study in Southern Italy
No full textWater scarcity is a growing social, economic, and political issue, especially in Southern European countries that are becoming even more arid and where different crops can be cultivated only if irrigation is possible. In this context, strategies to enhance water use efficiency are regarded as critical from both an economic and an environmental standpoint. The present work aims to analyse water use efficiency and productivity of processing tomato in Apulia region of Southern Italy. Specifically, the study examines the potential enhancements in economic and physical water productivity through the simulation of the fully coupled FEST-EWB-SAFY model, a hydrological crop model that estimates the optimal water requirements for irrigation using satellite and ground data. The model's estimates suggest that plants require significantly less water than that provided by conventional irrigation systems. The simulations also suggest that information technology, when combined with irrigation water-saving techniques, can lead to a reduction in water waste, an increase in water productivity, and lower incidence of water costs. Policy interventions should integrate water efficiency into existing regulatory measures and promote better water usage planning through the adoption of smart delivery systems aimed at supplying water only when necessary and at optimal volumes
Imposta di soggiorno e tutela ambientale: la percezione dei turisti a Villasimius
No full textIl contributo di ricerca descrive i risultati dell’indagine condotta nel corso dell’estate 2011 a Villasimius. Attraverso un questionario rivolto ai turisti, l’indagine ha analizzato la percezione dell’imposta di soggiorno per i non residenti, ispirata al D.Lgs. 14 marzo 2011, n. 23 “Disposizioni in materia di federalismo Fiscale Municipale”. La stessa indagine ha inoltre indagato la percezione dell’Area Marina Protetta di Capo Carbonara. I risultati confermano che la scelta di vacanza dei turisti è basata principalmente sulla qualità ambientale della destinazione e che l’imposta di soggiorno non influisce in maniera sostanziale sulla scelta
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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