The Role of Water and Tourism Management in Venice and New Orleans

Bibliographic Data

ID2504199
AuthorsNina Balan (University of New Orleans, corresponding author), Bridget Bordelon, Bridget M Bordelon (University of New Orleans)
Year2021
Volume15
Issue1
Publication date2021-04-13
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueShima (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1834-6049 • E-ISSN: 1834-6057
PublisherShima Publishing (PUBLISHER • AU)
DOI10.21463/shima.120
OpenAlexW3156197655
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

This article examines the similarities and differences between New Orleans, USA, and Venice, Italy - two coastal cities built on river sediment that are extremely vulnerable to rising sea levels and climate change. In addition to their proximity to water, both cities are characterised by a strong economic dependence on the tourism and hospitality industry. Their adaption to increasing climate change requires different approaches and strategies which have survived progressive degradation during the last centuries. In both cases, various anthropogenic, morphologic factors and global changes have contributed to coastal erosion. Both cities' tourism numbers exceed carrying capacity and potentially pose a risk to local community well-being. The study aims to illustrate how adaptation and mitigation policies (or lack thereof) have evolved in these two international cities and develop new mitigation strategies to minimise negative impacts on the tourism economy and infrastructure

Archaeology · Business · Climate change · Coastal erosion · Economics · Economy · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Erosion · Geography · Hospitality · Natural resource economics · Sea level rise · Tourism · Coastal and Marine Dynamics · Coastal and Marine Management · Cruise Tourism Development and Management · Environmental Science · Oceanography

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