Uma abordagem na ótica do consumidor: regiões turísticas transfronteiriças

O turismo é um dos mais importantes e atuais motores de crescimento de uma economia, marcado pelo dinamismo, diversidade da oferta e crescimento constante, nele se incidindo o objeto de estudo proposto. É nosso intuito estudar o comportamento e perfil do consumidor de turismo, numa perspetiva de marketing, de modo a melhor conhecer o padrão de consumo turístico em contextos específicos de turismo, em mercados cada vez mais dinâmicos e com interesses individuais distintos. Em particular, discutimos tendências, motivações e determinantes na procura de turismo de nichos em regiões transfronteiriças. Espera-se conhecer o padrão de consumo turístico de zonas transfronteiriças, procurando sistematizar os aspetos principais e encontrar tendências/hábitos específicos na procura de nichos. O trabalho a desenvolver será composto por duas partes distintas: numa primeira parte será feita uma revisão da literatura existente no âmbito desta temática, numa segunda parte será desenvolvido um estudo empírico, que procurará dar um contributo acrescido à sua compreensão, tendo em vista os objetivos de pesquisa previamente definidos

Modeling Movement of Tourists : Tools and Application in São Miguel Island, Portugal

Tourism contributes to the development of many regions. Different factors affect the movement of tourists within a destination. Those factors are related to the tourist characteristics, like the time budgets, preferences or destination knowledge, and to the destination features, like the attraction characteristics or accessibility level. Tourist decisions aren’t always done in a rational way. Emotions add further complexity to the human decision process. The use of footpaths can play an important role in the satisfaction of tourists, helping them discover the territory and giving them access to different types of attractions. The existence of a mathematical model that integrates the main factors related to the movement of independent tourists within a destination, in a dynamic way, will make possible the creation of an adaptable software tool. This tool will meet the specific needs of tourists, allowing the use of the network in an optimal way by the different tourist profiles, and the needs of the regional government and business, permitting better decisions and the offer of relevant tourism products. This article identifies the main tourists’ mobility criteria in the São Miguel island territory, Azores, Portugal, recognizes the necessary modelling process and identifies the basis for the construction of the mathematical model that explains the movement of tourists within the destination.

Inequalities in Child Mortality in India: A District-Level Analysis

This paper measures the degree of inequality in child mortality rates across districts in India, using data from the 1981, 1991 and 2001 Indian population censuses. The results show that child mortality is more concentrated in less developed districts in all three census years. Further, between 1981 and 2001, the inequality in child mortality seems to have increased to the advantage of the more developed districts (i.e., there was an increasing concentration of child mortality in less developed districts). However, the inequality in female child mortality rates seems to have declined between 1991 and 2001, even as it increased – albeit at a slower rate than before – for male child mortality rates. In the decomposition analysis, it is found that while a more equitable distribution of medical facilities and safe drinking water across districts did contribute towards reducing inequality in child mortality between 1981 and 1991, different levels of structural change among districts were responsible for a very large part of the inequality in child mortality to the advantage of the more developed districts in all three census years. Other variables which played important roles in increasing inequality included a measure of infrastructure development, female literacy, and a social group status variable. The paper concludes with some brief comments on the policy implications of the findings.

Planning Practice Guidance

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published National Planning Practice Guidance which recognises the importance of local infrastructure planning in the development of healthy communities. The guidance supports the National Planning Policy Framework and now includes a section on health and wellbeing. This guidance sets out the government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied by local authorities. A significant development in the guidance is the recognition of the important role the planning system can play in facilitating social interaction and creating healthy, inclusive communities. Local planning authorities should ensure that health and wellbeing, and health infrastructure are considered in local and neighbourhood plans and in planning decision making.

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