Researching coastal and resort destination management : cultures and histories of tourism / Lluís Prats (editor)

Coastal destionation research: an introduction -- 1. Managing and planning coastal destinations: Mutation seaside. Learning from the beach ; S'Agaró versus Club Med ; Sustainable tourism policies and strategies for an integrated coastal zone management: the comparative study on the cases of Rimini and Calvià ; Generation of cohesive social networks in nautical sports tourism destinations-Banyoles as a case study -- 2. Managing culture in coastal destinations: Coastal communities and events: the case of Lyme Regis ; Cultural events as tourism supply in coastal Catalan resorts: Tourism: an alternative of capitalization of the natural environment and the cultural-historical heritage of the Romanian coast of the Black Sea -- 3. Image management of coastal destinations: The evolution of the image of catalan coastal destination ; Literary and anthropological reflections on the transformation of the Costa Brava landscape over a century in relation to the works of Josep Pla ; Analyzing image fragmentation in brochures: the case of Girona -- 4. Coastal heritage for tourism purposes: Between tourism and heritage: the conversion of Catalan maritime culture into heritage. Opportunities and challenges ; Knowledge and use of the archaelogical heritge of the Costa Brava by tourist office users ; Cultural tourism and education: values and uses of heritage areas peripheral to the coast ; Preservation of Malay Culture and hertiage tourism at Bukit Chandan, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia -- 5. History and coastal destinations: Historical recreation as a way to attract tourism to the catalan coast ; The role played by culture at the beginnings of the promotion of Barcelona as a tourist city. A case study of the magazine "Barcelona Atracción" ; Towers and fortresses on the coastr of Granada: history and tourism