@inbook{fc95eda5b16e4963abcc6e8c60193a1e,
title = "Island awash – sustainability indicators and social complexity in the caribbean",
abstract = "This chapter addresses the question of how far can tourism development proceed before the way of life enjoyed by residents of a highly successful small Caribbean island destination, Aruba, is irretrievably threatened by overdevelopment? Over the past decades, there has been recurrent concern that the island was approaching its carrying. Following a brief summary of the history of population and tourism growth in Aruba, the concepts of culture regions, tourism footprint analysis, and resort life cycle theory are used to develop a Framework for Sustainable Tourism for the Island.",
keywords = "Culture Region, Ecological Footprint, Social Complexity, Tourism Development, Urban Sprawl",
author = "Sam Cole and Victoria Razak",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011.",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1007/978-90-481-9861-0\_8",
language = "English",
series = "Social Indicators Research Series",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "141--161",
booktitle = "Social Indicators Research Series",
}