Environmental and Community Stability of a Mountain Destination: An Analysis of Residents’ Perception
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Demirović, Dunja
Radovanović, Milan M.

Petrović, Marko D.

Cimbaljević, Marija
Vuksanović, Nikola
Vuković, Darko B.

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This study aims to explore the use of the social-ecological system (SES) in tourism of a mountain area. Authors examined residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts on four SES aspects: ecosystems, local knowledge, people and technology and property rights institutions. The aim is to find area that will be a “common ground” for community and area that can be a source of conflict and will require additional work to solve the differences. Second objective was to examine residents’ perception towards future local development tourism policies (winter tourism, seasonality and environment and culture) and how those policies can affect natural, socio-economic and cultural aspects of mountain area. Residents’ perceptions of sustainable tourism development potential, perceivedtourismimpacts,analysisofcommunityattachmentandemploymentsectorofstakeholder were involved in this study. The authors applied the Q-methodology, as one SES-allied approach, in a small mountain community of Kopaonik, the Republ...ic of Serbia. The results revealed that residents’ agreement/disagreement is connected with two aspects: ecosystem and property rights andthatecosystemcanbesignificantlyinfluencedbyallthreedevelopmentpolicies. Findingssuggest that development of future natural conservation plans and new cultural attractions can have positive effects on all parts of social-ecological system. Some practical implications of those findings for tourism planning and development are also discussed.
Keywords:
sustainable ecology / sustainable tourism / social-ecological system / residents’ perception / tourism impact / tourism policies / sustainability / mountainSource:
Sustainability, 2018, 10, 1, 70-Publisher:
- MDPI
Funding / projects:
- Geography of Serbia (RS-47007)
DOI: 10.3390/su10010070
ISSN: 2071-1050
WoS: 000425082600069
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85039776635
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Географски институт „Јован Цвијић“ САНУ / Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijić SASATY - JOUR AU - Demirović, Dunja AU - Radovanović, Milan M. AU - Petrović, Marko D. AU - Cimbaljević, Marija AU - Vuksanović, Nikola AU - Vuković, Darko B. PY - 2018 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/2273 AB - This study aims to explore the use of the social-ecological system (SES) in tourism of a mountain area. Authors examined residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts on four SES aspects: ecosystems, local knowledge, people and technology and property rights institutions. The aim is to find area that will be a “common ground” for community and area that can be a source of conflict and will require additional work to solve the differences. Second objective was to examine residents’ perception towards future local development tourism policies (winter tourism, seasonality and environment and culture) and how those policies can affect natural, socio-economic and cultural aspects of mountain area. Residents’ perceptions of sustainable tourism development potential, perceivedtourismimpacts,analysisofcommunityattachmentandemploymentsectorofstakeholder were involved in this study. The authors applied the Q-methodology, as one SES-allied approach, in a small mountain community of Kopaonik, the Republic of Serbia. The results revealed that residents’ agreement/disagreement is connected with two aspects: ecosystem and property rights andthatecosystemcanbesignificantlyinfluencedbyallthreedevelopmentpolicies. Findingssuggest that development of future natural conservation plans and new cultural attractions can have positive effects on all parts of social-ecological system. Some practical implications of those findings for tourism planning and development are also discussed. PB - MDPI T2 - Sustainability T1 - Environmental and Community Stability of a Mountain Destination: An Analysis of Residents’ Perception SP - 70 VL - 10 IS - 1 DO - 10.3390/su10010070 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_2273 ER -
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Demirović, D., Radovanović, M. M., Petrović, M. D., Cimbaljević, M., Vuksanović, N.,& Vuković, D. B.. (2018). Environmental and Community Stability of a Mountain Destination: An Analysis of Residents’ Perception. in Sustainability MDPI., 10(1), 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10010070 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_2273
Demirović D, Radovanović MM, Petrović MD, Cimbaljević M, Vuksanović N, Vuković DB. Environmental and Community Stability of a Mountain Destination: An Analysis of Residents’ Perception. in Sustainability. 2018;10(1):70. doi:10.3390/su10010070 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_2273 .
Demirović, Dunja, Radovanović, Milan M., Petrović, Marko D., Cimbaljević, Marija, Vuksanović, Nikola, Vuković, Darko B., "Environmental and Community Stability of a Mountain Destination: An Analysis of Residents’ Perception" in Sustainability, 10, no. 1 (2018):70, https://doi.org/10.3390/su10010070 ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_2273 .