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Jan Henrik Nilsson.

Jan-Henrik Nilsson

Senior lecturer, associate professor

Jan Henrik Nilsson.

Ecosystem services for urban destination development : Potential for sustainability

Ekosystemtjänster för urban destinationsutveckling: potential för hållbarhet

Author

  • Michael Johansson
  • Jan-Henrik Nilsson

Editor

  • Vanessaa G. B. Gowreesunkar
  • Shem Wambugu Maingi
  • Felix Lamech Mogambi Mingate

Summary, in English

This chapter addresses opportunities and challenges in urban planning by implementing the concept of ecosystem services in an urban tourism and destination development context. In analysing ecosystem services in urban tourism, we contribute to an emerging literature focusing on urban ecosystem services. An important research gap is also addressed; despite the importance of tourism for cities, there is hardly anything written about the relationship between urban tourism and ecosystem services. This chapter first examines the concept of ecosystem services in relation to the development of urban green infrastructure, primarily based on a literature review. Thereafter, two case studies are conducted in cities in the south of Sweden, to examine the development of green infrastructure in practice. These studies are based on a combination of document analysis, interviews, and on-site observations. In this chapter, it is argued that ecosystem services is a fruitful concept for understanding sustainability challenges in relation to urban tourism. Ecosystem services can also be used as a framework for developing management solutions in urban tourism, aiming both at adapting to effects of climate change and at enhancing tourist experiences in urban environments.

Department/s

  • Department of Service Studies

Publishing year

2022-11-23

Language

English

Pages

133-151

Publication/Series

Insights in Tourism

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Human Geography
  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • tourism geography
  • urban tourism
  • ecosystem services
  • Sweden

Status

Published

Project

  • Service Studies Tourism
  • Rethinking urban tourism development: Dealing with sustainability in the age of over-tourism

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781003280217
  • ISBN: 9781032248080