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The expansion of urbanisation in the Balearic Islands (1956–2006)

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Since the mid-20th century the Balearic Islands have experienced significant changes as a
result of their incorporation into the global economy as a mass tourism destination. The expansion
of urbanisation has become a main change, given that the archipelago’s urbanised surface has
increased fivefold since 1956. The territory of the islands has been organised internally to meet
the demands of, first, tourism, and, second, the residential demands of Central European countries.
The process has generated a whole new territorial model, dominated by new urban coastal and
metropolitan areas in larger cities. This new model overlaps the regular traditional scattered centres
inland with some walled coastal towns, from the pretourist model. This paper quantifies, describes,
and explains these changes based on data from a series of land cover maps of 1956, 1973, 1995, and
2006, paying special attention to the particularities of each of the islands: Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza
and Formentera.

KEYWORDS: Urban sprawl; Balearic Islands; Tourism; Coastal urbanisation

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Judul Seri

Journal of Marine and Island Cultures

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

New York : ., 2014

Deskripsi Fisik

Journal of Marine and Island Cultures (2014) 3, 78–88

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

DOI: j.imic.2014.11.

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Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

(2014) 3

Subjek

EKOLOGI

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