Measuring and comparing the sustainability of coastal tourism destinations in Germany, Lithuania, and Indonesia
Measuring and comparing the sustainability of coastal tourism destinations in Germany, Lithuania, and Indonesia
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衡量和比较德国、立陶宛和印度尼西亚沿海旅游目的地的可持续性
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10.1007/s10668-018-00301-4
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2018
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Matthias Völzke
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Johanna Schumacher;G. Schernewski;D. Karnauskaitė;M. Kataržytė;Stefanie Pakleppa;Kathrin Pape;S. Schönwald;Matthias Völzke
欧洲可持续发展战略的一个重要目标是衡量沿海社区的可持续发展状况。虽然已经制定了许多指标来评估一个地区的可持续性，但由于难以在广泛的地区应用它们，因此它们基本上未被使用。为了改善这种情况，我们改进了 SUSTAIN 项目中开发的指标集，并将这些指标与可持续旅游目的地的 QualityCoast 标签合并，创建联合方法并开发适用的自我评估电子表格工具。该工具包括六大类，细分为 117 个单一指标。然后，我们测试了该工具，将其应用于德国、立陶宛和印度尼西亚的十个对比鲜明的旅游目的地。总共运行了 17 个独特的应用程序，目的是测试工具对沿海社区的适用性、可重复性和实用性。这些应用表明，由于评估者对特定地点或生态系统的看法，结果可能存在偏差。因此，结果不易重复，这会对与其他目的地的可比性产生负面影响。然而，结果表明该工具可用于对一个地区的可持续性进行分类，有助于提高社区意识并指导未来规划。此外，社区受益于这样一个事实：积极的评估将使他们能够轻松申请 QualityCoast 标签。有了明确的指导方针和参考价值，重复应用可以帮助社区评估他们的努力是否有助于沿海可持续发展。
An important aim of the European Sustainable Development Strategy is to measure the state of sustainability in coastal communities. While numerous indicators have been developed to estimate a regions sustainability, they go largely unused, due to the difficulty in applying them over a broad region. In an effort to improve upon this situation, we have improved the indicator set developed within the SUSTAIN project and merged these indicators with the QualityCoast label for sustainable tourism destinations, creating a joint methodology and developing an applicable self-assessment spreadsheet tool. The tool includes six categories, subdivided into 117 single indicators. We then tested the tool by applying it to ten contrasting tourism destinations in Germany, Lithuania, and Indonesia. In total, 17 unique applications were run, with the objective being to test the tools applicability, reproducibility, and utility for coastal communities. The applications showed that results can be biased, stemming from an evaluators’ perception of a given site or ecosystem. Thus, results are not easily reproducible, which negatively affects comparability with other destinations. However, results indicate that the toolcanbe used to categorize the sustainability of a region, helping to raise community awareness and guide future planning. Furthermore, communities benefit from the fact that a positive assessment will easily enable them to apply for the QualityCoast label. With clear guidelines and reference values, repeated applications can help communities evaluate whether their efforts are contributing to a sustainable coastal development.