International mass tourism came of age in the coastal areas and islands of Mediterranean
Europe in the decades after the late 1950s. The transformation of Europe's Mediterranean …

The relationship between form and function in E uropean M editerranean cities has been
widely addressed from various perspectives. A number of studies indicate that, until the …

This paper examines the directions and methodological practices of tourism research
carried out in Greece over the last three decades, highlights critical issues in the …

The paper describes the rapid recent growth in rural tourism facilities in Spain and attempts
to account for the regional variations that exist. The range of activities involved in rural …

The redistribution of population over larger regions progressively further away from the
dense core seems to be the new feature of the (originally compact) Mediterranean cities …

Economic crises have influenced urban growth altering building cycles and re-shaping
house and labour markets as a consequence of increased socioeconomic disparities. In …

Tras una revisión crítica del debate académico sobre el significado del turismo residencial
se formula la siguiente pregunta:¿ cómo definen y valoran el proceso turístico-residencial …

Esta monografía es un estudio sociológico sobre las nuevas formas de movilidad
residencial que protagonizan los jubilados europeos en el mundo mediterráneo. El trabajo …

This paper aims to establish the singularity of the European retired who have moved to live
on the Costa del Sol, Spain. To study this topic it was necessary, first, to discuss the …

The relationship between population dynamics and desertification risk in advanced
economies is increasingly dependent on the mutual interplay of socioeconomic forces at …