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The moratoriums constitute strategies and instruments used by public policies to establish limitations of the growth in the tourist accommodation. They are usually justified by the need to correct market failures and incorporate rationality criteria in the territorial development of tourism from approaches linked to sustainability. Thus, they contemplate some measures aimed at establishing quantitative, qualitative and temporal limits and rhythms of tourist containment, which, in some cases, are aimed at regrowh, postgrowth or degrowth. However, sometimes these measures result from regulatory capture processes. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the measures to contain and limit the growth of the tourist accommodation supply of the tourist moratoriums. The intention is to determine if some of them approached the tourism post-growth paradigm, as well as detect some non-existent effects. desired. We base ourselves on the paradigmatic evidence of the moratorium on tourist accommodation implemented in the Canary Islands (Spain). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nature-based tourism has been gaining momentum over the last decades, with special development in protected areas as the main destinations; mostly after the pandemic and within the new dynamics caused by the crises. This paper focuses on Spain as a case study. It provides a state of the art and analyses some of the post-pandemic recovery policies materialised, in this case, in tourism sustainability plans for the creation of supply around high-value natural areas. The risks derived from the adoption of regrowth measures make some considerations necessary. Also, the proposal of alternatives for the promotion of recreational practices linked to different conservation instruments, as well as the proposal of actions within the tourism containment and degrowth frameworks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of current climate change, it is a priority to develop mechanisms that facilitate the integration of the public's perspective in the fight against this phenomenon. Organisations such as the IPCC have highlighted the importance of paying attention, in the inexorable transition that is approaching, to the perception and experiences of the population as sources of information complementary to scientific evidence. In addition, it is of interest to check the assessment of institutional action in this respect and the degree of social awareness of this global challenge. Thus, this paper, based on an extensive survey carried out on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands), analyses the resident population's perception of the causes and effects of climate change, as well as their environmental commitment and knowledge of governmental mitigation and adaptation initiatives. There is a high degree of concern about the issue among citizens, who support the existence of climate change, say they know what it consists of and generally have a negative view of the actions of public administrations, and are unaware of the initiatives that have been approved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urban agriculture has been an emerging phenomenon for several decades, and it has contributed new meanings to agricultural practice, beyond the productive one, it has endowed it a social function aimed to different population groups. And it can be seen as an opportunity to recover abandoned spaces, giving them a new identity in the city. In Malaga city 19 urban gardens have been inventoried, promoted by both public and private organizations. The aim of this paper is to analyze them: information, both cuantitative and cualitative, has been obtained from interviews with promoters of these orchards in order to highlight their most outstanding features in terms of operation, socio-economic characteristics of the users, management, motivations and typology. Our findings show not only the diversity of existing projects, but also their benefits related with the personal development of users, the family economy and the urban environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En la dialéctica territorio, patrimonio y turismo, este artículo busca avanzar en algunas de las claves de la sostenibilidad en los destinos patrimoniales, como piezas singulares de las estructuras territoriales del siglo XXI. Se reflexiona sobre las posibilidades que conceptos como, patrimonio territorial y sistema patrimonial territorial, abren para abordar relaciones e interdependencias entre patrimonio, territorio y destinos, con el fin de proseguir sobre los principios teóricos de las cartas y cumbres internacionales. La interpretación territorial del patrimonio, un adecuado manejo de herramientas de medición y la consideración de dimensiones sociales, culturales, paisajísticas y funcionales, permitirán abordar aspectos concretos de la sostenibilidad patrimonial y turística. In the context of the dialectical relationship between territory, heritage and tourism, this paper aims to advance in the search for keys to sustainability in heritage destinations, singular pieces of the territorial structures of the 21st century. This reflection is carried out from a territorial approach, discussing the possibilities that concepts like territorial heritage or the territorial heritage system could offer to broach the relationships and interdependence between heritage, territory and tourist destinations, with the aim of building upon the theoretical inputs of international documentation and summits. The territorial reading of heritage and the correct use of tools allow the inclusion of the social, cultural, landscape and functional dimensions to address specific aspects of heritage and tourism sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main aim of this paper is developing a diagnostic and viability of Transinsular Axis of Infrastructure and Transport, promoted by the Canary Islands Government, in order to lessen the territorial fragmentation of the Islands. We study the case of intermodality between sea and land transport from different points of view (time accessibility, economic...), and we show with it the current deficit that exists from the point of view of territorial cohesion. Finally we show how to make more sustainable territorial integration of the islands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]