Water footprints and sewage management challenges in second home tourism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4464457 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Kloster Staunstrup (Aalborg University), Anne-Mette Hjalager (0000-0001-5648-4401, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author), Rasmus Nedergård Steffansen (0000-0003-4601-4582, Aalborg University), Michael Tophøj Sørensen (0000-0002-3588-9650, Aalborg University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-131 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning E Nature and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2514-8486 • E-ISSN: 2514-8494 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/25148486221101554 |
| OpenAlex | W4281287550 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 48 |
While water consumption and water conservation have been issues in the discussion of sustainable tourism for many years, the residual part of the water cycle, the management of wastewater, lacks attention in tourism and planning research. This study addresses the wastewater challenges in Danish second home tourism. More than 200,000 second homes represent an important touristic resource both for owners and for short-term renters, and increasingly, the accommodation capacity is used over the whole year. Data from the building and housing register (BBR) show that only 54% of second homes are connected to public sewage and purification utilities. The remaining second homes rely on individual solutions such as septic tanks. A substantial regional variance can be partly explained by differences in the spatial layout and location of second homes, but mainly the dissimilar priorities in the responsible municipalities are the result of systemic factors following semi-privatized governance structures. The intensified use of second homes, rising ground water levels, more frequent climate incidences and EU and national quality obligations for the environmental standards of waterways and seas are and will in the future be challenges for the municipal wastewater management. A mobilization of second home owners and users to support updated wastewater infrastructures is hampered by the principles laid down in the governance structures
Business · Consumption (sociology · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Natural resource economics · Resource (disambiguation · Sewage · Sustainability · Tourism · Wastewater · Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives · Environmental Science · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Environmental Engineering · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |