IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v12y2019i1p67-d300100.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Explaining Urban Sustainability to Teachers in Training through a Geographical Analysis of Tourism Gentrification in Europe

Author

Listed:
  • Carlos Martínez-Hernández

    (Department of Didactic of Experimental, Social and Mathematics Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Claudia Yubero

    (Department of Geography, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Urban centres in Europe have been recently affected by touristification processes which endanger their sustainable development. In this context, education in urban sustainability is gaining great importance at all stages of education. It has been noticed that this issue is not appropriately presented in primary education studies where “tourism” is one of the topics to be addressed. This paper provides the design of a teaching activity for teachers in training in order to understand the process of tourism gentrification in European cities. The aim of this activity is to enable the transfer of knowledge to primary education concerning contemporary urban processes involving tourism within a framework of respect and sustainability. This activity is based on an urban geographical analysis in public squares located in touristified districts of several European cities. This is achieved by way of a visual, interactive and cartographic analysis and evaluation. This paper presents the results of the didactic experience in Madrid. The results are positive, since students develop geographic abilities, attitudes of respect, critical thinking, and contrasted knowledge about tourism gentrification. We conclude with a call for a conceptual update of contemporary urban processes involving tourism in primary education curricula and advise that teachers in training should be taken to the field to explain complex spatial phenomena.

Suggested Citation

  • Carlos Martínez-Hernández & Claudia Yubero, 2019. "Explaining Urban Sustainability to Teachers in Training through a Geographical Analysis of Tourism Gentrification in Europe," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2019:i:1:p:67-:d:300100
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/1/67/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/1/67/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Ashworth, Gregory & Page, Stephen J., 2011. "Urban tourism research: Recent progress and current paradoxes," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 1-15.
    2. Henning Füller & Boris Michel, 2014. "‘Stop Being a Tourist!’ New Dynamics of Urban Tourism in Berlin-Kreuzberg," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(4), pages 1304-1318, July.
    3. Belhassen, Yaniv & Caton, Kellee, 2011. "On the need for critical pedagogy in tourism education," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 32(6), pages 1389-1396.
    4. David Wachsmuth & Alexander Weisler, 2018. "Airbnb and the rent gap: Gentrification through the sharing economy," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 50(6), pages 1147-1170, September.
    5. Kevin Fox Gotham, 2005. "Tourism Gentrification: The Case of New Orleans' Vieux Carre (French Quarter)," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 42(7), pages 1099-1121, June.
    6. María García-Hernández & Manuel De la Calle-Vaquero & Claudia Yubero, 2017. "Cultural Heritage and Urban Tourism: Historic City Centres under Pressure," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-19, August.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Francisco Javier Robles Moral & Manuel Fernández Díaz, 2021. "Future Primary School Teachers’ Digital Competence in Teaching Science through the Use of Social Media," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-13, March.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Iago Lestegás & João Seixas & Rubén-Camilo Lois-González, 2019. "Commodifying Lisbon: A Study on the Spatial Concentration of Short-Term Rentals," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-15, January.
    2. Ko Koens & Albert Postma & Bernadett Papp, 2018. "Is Overtourism Overused? Understanding the Impact of Tourism in a City Context," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-15, November.
    3. Cohen, Scott A. & Hopkins, Debbie, 2019. "Autonomous vehicles and the future of urban tourism," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 33-42.
    4. Antonella Lerario & Silvia Di Turi, 2018. "Sustainable Urban Tourism: Reflections on the Need for Building-Related Indicators," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-25, June.
    5. Orly Carvache-Franco & Otto Regalado Pezúa & Gabriela Sirkis, 2021. "Turismo urbano en Latinoamérica. Análisis de los factores determinantes en el atractivo de las ciudades," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 795, Universidad del CEMA.
    6. Gabriela Sirkis & Otto Regalado-Pezúa & Orly Carvache-Franco & Wilmer Carvache-Franco, 2022. "The Determining Factors of Attractiveness in Urban Tourism: A Study in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Bogota, and Lima," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-18, June.
    7. Henning Füller & Boris Michel, 2014. "‘Stop Being a Tourist!’ New Dynamics of Urban Tourism in Berlin-Kreuzberg," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(4), pages 1304-1318, July.
    8. María García-Hernández & Manuel De la Calle-Vaquero & Claudia Yubero, 2017. "Cultural Heritage and Urban Tourism: Historic City Centres under Pressure," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-19, August.
    9. Carmen Mínguez & María José Piñeira & Alfonso Fernández-Tabales, 2019. "Social Vulnerability and Touristification of Historic Centers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-24, August.
    10. Silvia Cerisola & Elisa Panzera, 2022. "Cultural participation in Cultural and Creative Cities: Positive regional outcomes and potential congestion concerns," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 101(6), pages 1245-1261, December.
    11. Saretzki Anja, 2018. "Städtische Raumproduktion durch touristische Praktiken," Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 10(1), pages 7-27, May.
    12. Mariusz Szubert & Witold Warcholik & Michał Żemła, 2021. "The Influence of Elements of Cultural Heritage on the Image of Destinations, Using Four Polish Cities as an Example," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-21, June.
    13. Otto Regalado-Pezúa & Gabriela Sirkis & Orly Carvache-Franco & Mauricio Carvache-Franco & Wilmer Carvache-Franco, 2022. "Urban Tourism Perception and Recommendation in Mexico City and Lima," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-19, November.
    14. Salvador Garcia-Ayllon, 2018. "Urban Transformations as an Indicator of Unsustainability in the P2P Mass Tourism Phenomenon: The Airbnb Case in Spain through Three Case Studies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-21, August.
    15. Su, Rui & Bramwell, Bill & Whalley, Peter A., 2018. "Cultural political economy and urban heritage tourism," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 30-40.
    16. Vladimir Pavković & Darjan Karabašević & Jelena Jević & Goran Jević, 2021. "The Relationship between Cities’ Cultural Strength, Reputation, and Tourism Intensity: Empirical Evidence on a Sample of the Best-Reputable European Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-20, August.
    17. Ding Ding & Yunhao Zheng & Yi Zhang & Yu Liu, 2024. "Understanding attractions’ connection patterns based on intra-destination tourist mobility: A network motif approach," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, December.
    18. Dario Bertocchi & Francesco Visentin, 2019. "“The Overwhelmed City”: Physical and Social Over-Capacities of Global Tourism in Venice," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-19, December.
    19. Gutiérrez, Javier & García-Palomares, Juan Carlos & Romanillos, Gustavo & Salas-Olmedo, María Henar, 2017. "The eruption of Airbnb in tourist cities: Comparing spatial patterns of hotels and peer-to-peer accommodation in Barcelona," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 278-291.
    20. Jose Antonio Fernández Gallardo & Jose María Caridad y Ocerín & María Genoveva Millán Vázquez de la Torre, 2019. "Evaluation of the Reception Capacity of a Certain Area Regarding Tourist Housing, Addressing Sustainable-Tourism Criteria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(22), pages 1-19, November.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2019:i:1:p:67-:d:300100. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.