International retirement migration in the Alicante region, Spain: process, spatial pattern and environmental impacts
Authors:
Ingo Zasadaa; Susana Alvesb; Felix Claus M
llera; Annette Piorra; Regine Bergesa; Simon Bellb
llera; Annette Piorra; Regine Bergesa; Simon Bellb
| Affiliations: | a Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of Land Use Systems, M ncheberg, Germany |
| b Edinburgh College of Art, OPENspace Research Centre, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, UK |
DOI:
10.1080/09640560903399905
Publication Frequency:
8 issues per year
Published in:
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management,
Volume
53,
Issue
1
January
2010
, pages 125
- 141
Subjects:
Environment & the City;
Environmental Management;
Environmental Studies;
Planning;
Planning - Human Geography;
Planning, Housing & Land Economy;
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Previously published as:
Planning Outlook
(0032-0714)
until 1992
Also incorporating: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (Series 1)
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Abstract
International retirement migration has become an increasing phenomenon in the Mediterranean region of Alicante, Spain. Through an interdisciplinary approach, relationships between the migration process, landscape change and environmental impacts are examined. Lifestyle-related perceptions and demands of UK retirees are studied as a major driving force of urbanisation. The extent and quality of the process is assessed by statistical and land use data analysis. Results reveal a distinctive spatial pattern of in-migration and the emergence of an archetypical landscape, consisting of a mosaic of remaining natural and urbanised landscape along the Mediterranean coast. The paper discusses the necessity of retirees' integration into sustainable planning and decision making.
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| Keywords: retirement migration; land use change; landscape; environmental impact; coastal area |
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