Ellen Platts
Biographic Data
| ID | 3073066 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ellen Platts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ellen |
| FAMILY NAME | Platts |
| SIGNATURE | PLATTS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3230-7504 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Settler colonial space-time and the storying of southern Arizona's foodscapes
In 2015, The City of Tucson, Arizona became recognized as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, a title that has become central to its food tourism efforts and other projects of “gastrodevelopment.” This title recognizes Tucson's unique and diverse food heritage and agricultural histories, which have been molded into a food story that has been articulated in the application to UNESCO and in local media and branding materials. This food story – a …
Consuming the creative city
Scholars have recently coined the term "gastrodevelopment" to refer to the increasingly visible relationships between food, food culture, and processes of urban development. As a paradigm, gastrodevelopment is premised on the leveraging of food culture as a resource and strategy of economic development. In this article, drawing on a case study of Tucson, Arizona – the United States' first UNESCO City of Gastronomy – we use the lens of gastrodevel…
Carbon footprints of travel to World Heritage Sites
In this study, an input-output-based hybrid life cycle assessment method is used to calculate the carbon footprint of a tourist’s travel to sixteen United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites (WHS) including direct and indirect emissions. The carbon footprint of three trip styles (budget, mid-range expenses, and high-end) is calculated for each WHS, reflecting options available to heritage touris…
FEW and Far Between
Global Climate Change and Unesco World Heritage
This article considers the fiftieth anniversary of the 1972 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Convention in light of climate change, offering a state of the field review of climate responses for World Heritage sites (WHS). Opening with a brief review of UNESCO World Heritage activities around climate change, we then detail the primary impacts and risks that climate change pose for WHS and t…
Scaling of rotational inertia of primate mandibles
Global Climate Change and Unesco World Heritage
This article considers the fiftieth anniversary of the 1972 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Convention in light of climate change, offering a state of the field review of climate responses for World Heritage sites (WHS). Opening with a brief review of UNESCO World Heritage activities around climate change, we then detail the primary impacts and risks that climate change pose for WHS and t…
Consuming the creative city
Scholars have recently coined the term "gastrodevelopment" to refer to the increasingly visible relationships between food, food culture, and processes of urban development. As a paradigm, gastrodevelopment is premised on the leveraging of food culture as a resource and strategy of economic development. In this article, drawing on a case study of Tucson, Arizona – the United States' first UNESCO City of Gastronomy – we use the lens of gastrodevel…
Scaling of rotational inertia of primate mandibles
FEW and Far Between
Global Climate Change and Unesco World Heritage
This article considers the fiftieth anniversary of the 1972 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Convention in light of climate change, offering a state of the field review of climate responses for World Heritage sites (WHS). Opening with a brief review of UNESCO World Heritage activities around climate change, we then detail the primary impacts and risks that climate change pose for WHS and t…
Carbon footprints of travel to World Heritage Sites
In this study, an input-output-based hybrid life cycle assessment method is used to calculate the carbon footprint of a tourist’s travel to sixteen United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites (WHS) including direct and indirect emissions. The carbon footprint of three trip styles (budget, mid-range expenses, and high-end) is calculated for each WHS, reflecting options available to heritage touris…
Consuming the creative city
Scholars have recently coined the term "gastrodevelopment" to refer to the increasingly visible relationships between food, food culture, and processes of urban development. As a paradigm, gastrodevelopment is premised on the leveraging of food culture as a resource and strategy of economic development. In this article, drawing on a case study of Tucson, Arizona – the United States' first UNESCO City of Gastronomy – we use the lens of gastrodevel…
Settler colonial space-time and the storying of southern Arizona's foodscapes
In 2015, The City of Tucson, Arizona became recognized as a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, a title that has become central to its food tourism efforts and other projects of “gastrodevelopment.” This title recognizes Tucson's unique and diverse food heritage and agricultural histories, which have been molded into a food story that has been articulated in the application to UNESCO and in local media and branding materials. This food story – a …
Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Tourism (3 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Conservation Techniques and Studies (2 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Cultural heritage (2 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (2 works)