International retirement migration has become an increasing phenomenon in the Mediterranean region of Alicante, Spain. Through an interdisciplinary approach, relationships between the migration process, landscape change and environmental impacts are examined. Lifestyle-related perceptions and demands of UK retirees are studied as a major driving force of urbanisation. The extent and quality of the process is assessed by statistical and land use data analysis. Results reveal a distinctive spatial pattern of in-migration and the emergence of an archetypical landscape, consisting of a mosaic of remaining natural and urbanised landscape along the Mediterranean coast. The paper discusses the necessity of retirees' integration into sustainable planning and decision making. © 2010 University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

International retirement migration in the Alicante region, Spain: Process, spatial pattern and environmental impacts / Zasada, Ingo; Alves, Susana; Muller Felix Claus, ; Piorr, Annette; Berges, Regina; Bell, Simon. - In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 0964-0568. - 53:1(2010), pp. 125-141. [10.1080/09640560903399905]

International retirement migration in the Alicante region, Spain: Process, spatial pattern and environmental impacts

Alves Susana;
2010

Abstract

International retirement migration has become an increasing phenomenon in the Mediterranean region of Alicante, Spain. Through an interdisciplinary approach, relationships between the migration process, landscape change and environmental impacts are examined. Lifestyle-related perceptions and demands of UK retirees are studied as a major driving force of urbanisation. The extent and quality of the process is assessed by statistical and land use data analysis. Results reveal a distinctive spatial pattern of in-migration and the emergence of an archetypical landscape, consisting of a mosaic of remaining natural and urbanised landscape along the Mediterranean coast. The paper discusses the necessity of retirees' integration into sustainable planning and decision making. © 2010 University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
2010
coastal area; environmental impact; land use change; landscape; retirement migration
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International retirement migration in the Alicante region, Spain: Process, spatial pattern and environmental impacts / Zasada, Ingo; Alves, Susana; Muller Felix Claus, ; Piorr, Annette; Berges, Regina; Bell, Simon. - In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 0964-0568. - 53:1(2010), pp. 125-141. [10.1080/09640560903399905]
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