Second Home Tourism in Europe: Lifestyle Issues and Policy Responses

by Zoran Roca

Overview

Bringing together a wide range of studies from twelve European countries, this book offers a state-of-the-art overview of the driving forces behind spatial diversity and social complexity inherent in second home expansion in all parts of the continent – from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean and from the British Isles to Russia – in the context of contemporary mobility patterns largely induced by tourism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409472742
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	07/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	13 MB
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Table of Contents

I: Owning Second Homes: From Transnational Crisis to Place Attachment; 1: Second Home Ownership since the Global Financial Crisis in the United Kingdom and Ireland; 2: Mortgaged Tourists: The Case of the South Coast of Alicante (Spain); 3: Residential Roots Tourism in Italy; 4: Place Attachment among Second Home Owners: The Case of the Oeste Region, Portugal; II: Back to Nature: Between Urban Sprawl and Countryside Idyll; 5: The Multiplicity of Second Home Development in the Russian Federation: A Case of ‘Seasonal Suburbanization'?; 6: Second Homes and Outdoor Recreation: A Swedish Perspective on Second Home Use and Complementary Spaces; 7: Vacation Homes in France since 1962; 8: Second Home Tourism in Finland: Current Trends and Eco-social Impacts; III: Leisure Housing Expansion: Driving Forces and Policy Choices; 9: Historic, Symbolic Aspects and Policy Issues of the Second Home Phenomenon in the Greek Tourism Context: The Cyclades Case Study; 10: Controversies of Second Homes and Residential Tourism in Portugal; 11: Lifestyles and Consumption of Do-it-Yourself Residential Tourists in Italy; 12: Policy Responses to the Evolution in Leisure Housing: From the Plain Cabin to the High Standard Second Home (The Norwegian Case); IV: Conclusion; 13: Evolving Forms of Mobility and Settlement: Second Homes and Tourism in Europe

Editorial Reviews

"For those interested in tourism and recreation as an industry or potential community economic development strategy or for those simply seeking a broader view of the general housing market, this is a good book to have on the shelf." - Journal of Regional Science

"Second Home Tourism in Europe provides a broad-ranging, informative and research-based contemporary assessment of the contribution and impacts of second-home developments in a wide range of European countries. This contribution is timely...I would recommend this publication to researchers and policy-makers concerned with this increasingly influential but somewhat neglected aspect of lifestyle mobility." - Norman McIntyre, Lakehead University, Canada

"...this is an easy-to-read book that provides a rich set of both theoretical background and industry experience on the phenomenon of second homes from a multidimensional perspective (i.e. social, cultural, economic, political and environmental). The book nicely integrates theoretical concepts with practical evidence and case studies gathered through a wide spectrum of international regions and destinations. Overall, the book provides a good and holistic overview of the multi-dimensional and dynamic phenomenon of second homes." - Tourism Planning and Development

"... an impressive ’state of the art’ compendium of second home research in the European context." - Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

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