TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking tourism conflict potential within and between groups using participatory mapping
AU - Lechner, Alex M.
AU - Verbrugge, Laura N.H.
AU - Chelliah, Alvin
AU - Ang, Michelle Li Ern
AU - Raymond, Christopher M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Shahir Yaman and Hasnieza Razali from Reef Check for their help and advice on the survey. Also, thanks to all of the Tioman Island community members that participated and helped in the surveys and workshop, in particularly Susan Hill from Bamboo Hill Chalet. Finally, thanks to the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki (funded by the Academy of Finland PROFI 3 call) for supporting open access publication of this work.
Funding Information:
We would like to thank Shahir Yaman and Hasnieza Razali from Reef Check for their help and advice on the survey. Also, thanks to all of the Tioman Island community members that participated and helped in the surveys and workshop, in particularly Susan Hill from Bamboo Hill Chalet. Finally, thanks to the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki (funded by the Academy of Finland PROFI 3 call) for supporting open access publication of this work.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - Tourism on small tropical islands in the Global South is a balancing act between development to improve local livelihoods and the conservation of fragile coastal and coral ecosystems. The objective of our study is to develop a series of new spatial metrics to support sustainable development through assessing the direction and magnitude of tourism development support and conflict between groups. We surveyed 317 individuals out of an estimated total population of 3300 using public participation GIS (PPGIS) on Tioman Island, Malaysia. Here we present a first example of how nuances in conflict can be articulated spatially across different levels of attitude toward tourism development within and between different segments of the population. Our results suggest that treating a population as homogeneous risks missing place specific development conflicts between segments of the population and locations of agreement where development can be managed sustainably with the support of the community.
AB - Tourism on small tropical islands in the Global South is a balancing act between development to improve local livelihoods and the conservation of fragile coastal and coral ecosystems. The objective of our study is to develop a series of new spatial metrics to support sustainable development through assessing the direction and magnitude of tourism development support and conflict between groups. We surveyed 317 individuals out of an estimated total population of 3300 using public participation GIS (PPGIS) on Tioman Island, Malaysia. Here we present a first example of how nuances in conflict can be articulated spatially across different levels of attitude toward tourism development within and between different segments of the population. Our results suggest that treating a population as homogeneous risks missing place specific development conflicts between segments of the population and locations of agreement where development can be managed sustainably with the support of the community.
KW - Cluster analysis
KW - Coastal management
KW - Development preferences
KW - Malaysia/Southeast Asia
KW - Public participation GIS
KW - Tourism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088982947&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103902
DO - 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103902
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088982947
VL - 203
JO - Landscape and Urban Planning
JF - Landscape and Urban Planning
SN - 0169-2046
M1 - 103902
ER -
