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Journal Article
Exploring the potential impacts of tourism development on social and ecological change in the Solomon Islands
2016
Overview
Pacific Island communities may be vulnerable to negative impacts of economic development, which is often considered a strategy for reducing vulnerability to environmental change. Studies that evaluate potential impacts of economic development in isolated communities may be inaccurate to only focus on asking people to anticipate impacts of phenomena they have had minimal exposure to. We used an open-ended approach to evaluate how communities in the Solomon Islands perceived change, and used this information to anticipate potential impacts of the government's plans to develop tourism. Our results showed mostly negative expectations of change, particularly socio-cultural, which was perceived as being driven by diminishing social capital, foreign influence, and economic development. Despite minimal exposure, locals supported tourism and had more positive expectations of change associated with this activity. Our findings emphasize the need for locally appropriate planning to ensure intended positive impacts of tourism and other forms of economic development.
Publisher
Springer,Springer Netherlands,Springer Nature B.V
Subject
/ Changes
/ Conservation of Natural Resources - economics
/ Conservation of Natural Resources - methods
/ Conservation of Natural Resources - trends
/ Developing Countries - economics
/ Earth and Environmental Science
/ Ecology
/ Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
/ Islands
/ people
/ planning
/ Society
/ Tourism
