Parametric definition of slow tourism itineraries for experiencing seasonal landscapes. Application of sentinel-2 imagery to the rural paddy-rice landscape in Northern Italy
| Autor: | Alessandro Scandiffio |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Range (biology)
NDVI Seasonal landscape Geography Planning and Development Sustainable tourism TJ807-830 sustainable tourism slow mobility cycle tourism seasonal landscape Sentinel-2 imagery parametric itineraries GIS Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Parametric itineraries Experiential learning Renewable energy sources Slow mobility GE1-350 Cycle tourism Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment End user business.industry Environmental resource management Flooding (psychology) Environmental sciences Cultural heritage Geography Agriculture business Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 13155, p 13155 (2021) Sustainability; Volume 13; Issue 23; Pages: 13155 |
| Popis: | Slow tourism is a growing phenomenon in Italy; it is assuming a key role in the definition of new strategies for sustainable tourism for the enhancement of landscape and cultural heritage, but also as a driver for the revitalization of marginalized and inner areas of the country. In this framework, the aesthetical phenomena related to seasonal landscape changes (e.g., autumn coloring foliage, spring blooming, controlled paddy-rice fields flooding) that occur in specific environments are emerging as new tourist destinations and are of major interest for the experiential tourism sector. This research shows a GIS-based method to draw up parametric slow tourism itineraries, which are defined according to seasonal landscape changes, by exploiting the high frequency of Sentinel-2 data acquisition. The algorithm defines parametric itineraries within the network of existing local roads by detecting the current landscape conditions through NDVI. The algorithm has been tested in the study area, within the historical agricultural landscape of paddy-rice fields in between Turin and Milan, where high scenic conditions related to the flooding occur over the spring season. This tool can support a range of end users’ decisions for the creation of a widespread tourist destination offer year-round, with the aim to promote more sustainable and balanced use of the places and reduce overpressures in the most frequented places. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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