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Exposure to second-hand smoke, tobacco advertising, and school curriculum on tobacco harms in South African Adolescents: findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey [PDF]

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Background Comprehensive smoke-free policies are necessary to protect South African adolescents against second-hand smoke exposure. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of second-hand smoke and identify factors associated with exposure to second ...
Mukhethwa Londani   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Spatial, Temporal and Ecological Patterns of Peri-Urban Forest Transitions. An Example From Subtropical Argentina

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022
Most studies on forest transition (FT) have focused on temporal patterns of forest cover across whole countries or regions, without much consideration of the local spatio-temporal heterogeneity or the species composition of new forests.
Yohana G. Jimenez   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19: DETERMINING THE CHANGING MOTIVATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL SECOND HOME TOURISTS IN COASTAL TURKEY

open access: yesZbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić", 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought dramatic changes in all the areas of life, and has inflicted many societal costs. The negativities in the field of health and economy are the prominent ones.
Furkan Baltaci, Ihsan Kurar
doaj   +1 more source

Tourism Effect on the Spatiotemporal Pattern of Land Surface Temperature (LST): Babolsar and Fereydonkenar Cities (Cases Study in Iran)

open access: yesLand, 2021
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of tourism on Land Surface Temperature (LST), an issue which has rarely been considered in the tourism development literature.
Taher Safarrad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers and challenges to sustainable physical planning for mountain destinations and second-home developments in the mountain region of south-eastern Norway: the reign of governments or developers?

open access: yesEuropean Spatial Research and Policy, 2022
The number of hotels in the mountains of south-eastern Norway has decreased over the last three decades, with a concurrent increase in the number of modern, privately-owned second homes.
Even Tjørve   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Location Site Selection Preferences of Construction Firms that Offer Second Homes to Foreign Investors: The Case of Trabzon

open access: yesIconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2021
Purpose Being necessarily proactive, spatial plans should consider national and global developments. In Turkey, after legislative amendments of the 2000s, legal obstacles for foreign investment in house-ownership were eradicated, raising a significant ...
Ceren Ünlü Öztürk, Ersin Türk
doaj   +1 more source

Landscape Tranformation of Small Rural Settlements with Dispersed Type of Settlement in Slovakia

open access: yesEuropean Countryside, 2021
In this paper we will focus on one of the five areas of dispersed settlement in Slovakia – Novobanská štálová area and the forecast of its development on the example of selected characteristics (household income and its use, population).
Petrovič František   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cottage Culture in Finland: Development and Perspectives

open access: yesEncyclopedia, 2022
This entry provides an understanding of the past, present, and future of the Finnish cottage culture to create an overall picture of its development trajectory and its terminology, e.g., villa, in this context denoting a second home.
Lotta Häkkänen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rural residents’ opinions about second home owners: Does the spatial arrangement of a village matter?

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2023
In the sustainable development of rural tourism, great emphasis is put on protecting the quality of life of local communities in environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects. The phenomenon of tourist enclaves, a classic example of which are closed
Tucki Andrzej, Soszyński Dawid
doaj   +1 more source

Roots tourism, Second Homes and Terraphilia in a Portuguese Context

open access: yesFuori Luogo, 2023
One of the main feature of roots tourism is the visitation of the place of origin by people who have established their residence elsewhere. One of the most frequent manifestations of roots tourism has to do with the establishment of a second home.
José António Oliveira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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