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Dr. Pedro Dorta Antequera
Universidad de La Laguna

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Journal article
Published: 07 February 2021 in Sustainability
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Many small islands base their economy on tourism. This activity, based to a large extent on the movement of millions of people by air transport, depends on the use of fossil fuels and, therefore, generates a large amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In this work, these emissions are evaluated by means of various carbon calculators, taking the Canary Islands as an example, which is one of the most highly developed tourist archipelagos in the world. The result is that more than 6.4 million tonnes (Mt) of CO2 are produced per year exclusively due to the massive transport of tourists over an average distance of more than 3000 km. The relative weight of these emissions is of such magnitude that they are equivalent to more than 50% of the total amount produced by the socioeconomic activity of the archipelago. Although, individually, it is travelers from Russia and Nordic countries who generate the highest carbon footprint due to their greater traveling distance, the British and German tourists account for the greatest weight in the total, with two-thirds of emissions.

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Pedro Dorta Antequera; Jaime Díaz Pacheco; Abel López Díez; Celia Bethencourt Herrera. Tourism, Transport and Climate Change: The Carbon Footprint of International Air Traffic on Islands. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1795 .

AMA Style

Pedro Dorta Antequera, Jaime Díaz Pacheco, Abel López Díez, Celia Bethencourt Herrera. Tourism, Transport and Climate Change: The Carbon Footprint of International Air Traffic on Islands. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):1795.

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Pedro Dorta Antequera; Jaime Díaz Pacheco; Abel López Díez; Celia Bethencourt Herrera. 2021. "Tourism, Transport and Climate Change: The Carbon Footprint of International Air Traffic on Islands." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 1795.

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Published: 03 July 2020 in Cuadernos de Geografía de la Universitat de València
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En este trabajo se propone una metodología cualitativa para el cálculo de un índice de vulnerabilidad por inundación. Partiendo de información disponible en muchas administraciones locales, la misma se aplica en el litoral de Arona y Adeje, áreas turísticas en el suroeste de Tenerife que cuentan con una oferta alojativa superior a las 90.000 plazas, como consta en el Instituto de Estadística del Gobierno de Canarias (ISTAC, 2018). De la labor desarrollada a nivel de parcela catastral resulta un índice de vulnerabilidad que oscila entre un valor mínimo de 0,00-0,03 y un máximo >0,30, así como su diferenciación espacial según la antigüedad de las urbanizaciones turísticas. El empleo del índice que se formula permite evaluar a escala local y con gran precisión la vulnerabilidad de espacios turísticos.

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Abel López Díez; Jaime Díaz Pacheco; Amalia Yanes Luque; Pedro Dorta Antequera; Pablo Máyer Suárez. Propuesta metodológica para estimar la vulnerabilidad local por inundación en áreas turísticas costeras de clima árido: aplicación al litoral de Arona y Adeje (SO de Tenerife). Cuadernos de Geografía de la Universitat de València 2020, 87 -106.

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Abel López Díez, Jaime Díaz Pacheco, Amalia Yanes Luque, Pedro Dorta Antequera, Pablo Máyer Suárez. Propuesta metodológica para estimar la vulnerabilidad local por inundación en áreas turísticas costeras de clima árido: aplicación al litoral de Arona y Adeje (SO de Tenerife). Cuadernos de Geografía de la Universitat de València. 2020; (104):87-106.

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Abel López Díez; Jaime Díaz Pacheco; Amalia Yanes Luque; Pedro Dorta Antequera; Pablo Máyer Suárez. 2020. "Propuesta metodológica para estimar la vulnerabilidad local por inundación en áreas turísticas costeras de clima árido: aplicación al litoral de Arona y Adeje (SO de Tenerife)." Cuadernos de Geografía de la Universitat de València , no. 104: 87-106.

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Published: 13 December 2019 in Atmosphere
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Coastal spaces exploited for tourism tend to be developed rapidly and with a desire to maximise profit, leading to diverse environmental problems, including flooding. As the origin of flood events is usually associated with intense precipitation episodes, this study considers the general rainfall characteristics of tourist resorts in two islands of the Canary Archipelago (Spain). Days of intense rainfall were determined using the 99th percentile (99p) of 8 daily precipitation data series. In addition, the weather types that generated these episodes were identified, the best-fitting distribution functions were determined to allow calculation of probable maximum daily precipitation for different return periods, and the territorial and economic consequences of flood events were analysed. The results show highly irregular rainfall, with 99p values ranging 50–80 mm. The weather types associated with 49 days of flooding events were predominantly cyclonic and hybrid cyclonic. The Log Pearson III distribution function best fitted the data series, with a strong likelihood in a 100-year return period of rainfall exceeding 100 mm in a 24 h period. However, values below 30 mm have already resulted in significant flood damage, while intense rainfall events in the period 1998–2016 saw over 11.5 million euros paid out in damages for insured goods. Such flood-induced damages were found to be caused more by inadequate urban planning than by rainfall intensity.

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Abel López Díez; Pablo Máyer Suárez; Jaime Díaz Pacheco; Pedro Dorta Antequera. Rainfall and Flooding in Coastal Tourist Areas of the Canary Islands (Spain). Atmosphere 2019, 10, 809 .

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Abel López Díez, Pablo Máyer Suárez, Jaime Díaz Pacheco, Pedro Dorta Antequera. Rainfall and Flooding in Coastal Tourist Areas of the Canary Islands (Spain). Atmosphere. 2019; 10 (12):809.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Abel López Díez; Pablo Máyer Suárez; Jaime Díaz Pacheco; Pedro Dorta Antequera. 2019. "Rainfall and Flooding in Coastal Tourist Areas of the Canary Islands (Spain)." Atmosphere 10, no. 12: 809.