<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This article analyses recent trends in coastal urban growth, mainly prompted by tourism in its various forms, experienced along the Spanish Mediterranean coasts and the Canary Islands, with a special focus on the Balearic Islands. The article seeks to measure and compare the differential rates of urban growth between island and continental coasts during the period 1990-2006, coinciding with the latest major economic growth cycle in Southwestern Europe, and where real estate and tourism activities have played a central role. The results suggest that the degree of urbanization in island coastal regions analysed is lower than that of mainland coastal regions.</p></abstract>

This article analyses recent trends in coastal urban growth, mainly prompted by tourism in its various forms, experienced along the Spanish Mediterranean coasts and the Canary Islands, with a special focus on the Balearic Islands. The article seeks to measure and compare the differential rates of urban growth between island and continental coasts during the period 1990-2006, coinciding with the latest major economic growth cycle in Southwestern Europe, and where real estate and tourism activities have played a central role. The results suggest that the degree of urbanization in island coastal regions analysed is lower than that of mainland coastal regions.

Artificialization and Islandness on the Spanish Tourist Coast

Departament de Ciències de la Terra Universitat de les Illes Balears

Miscellanea Geographica

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This article analyses recent trends in coastal urban growth, mainly prompted by tourism in its various forms, experienced along the Spanish Mediterranean...

Artificialization and Islandness on the Spanish Tourist Coast

Published Online: Mar 31, 2014

Page range: 5 - 16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0010

Keywords
Coastal Artificialization, tourism, islandness, Spain, Western European Mediterranean, Balearic Islands

© 2014 by Antoni Pons

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Artificialization and Islandness on the Spanish Tourist Coast

Published Online: Mar 31, 2014

Page range: 5 - 16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0010

KeywordsCoastal Artificialization, tourism, islandness, Spain, Western European Mediterranean, Balearic Islands

© 2014 by Antoni Pons

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
Coastal Artificialization, tourism, islandness, Spain, Western European Mediterranean, Balearic Islands