Municipal solid waste generation in mature destinations: An IPAT-type model for Mallorca

[EN] Several studies examined the relationship between environmental degradation and population growth. However, most of them don’t take into account the difference between local population and tourist arrivals. This paper contributes to the literature by separating these two groups within the frame...

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Autores: Arbulú, Italo, Lozano, Javier, Rey-Maquieira, Javier
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/117960
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/117960
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Modelo IPAT
Residuos sólidos municipales
Crecimiento turístico
IPAT Model
Municipal solid waste
Tourism growth
Descrição
Resumo:[EN] Several studies examined the relationship between environmental degradation and population growth. However, most of them don’t take into account the difference between local population and tourist arrivals. This paper contributes to the literature by separating these two groups within the framework of IPAT-based models to measure the impact of tourist arrivals in terms of municipal solid waste generation for Mallorca. The model leads to a stochastic differential equations system, which showed that this mature tourist destinations have higher population elasticity than industrial economies. Moreover, the model allowed us to measure the elasticity of substitution between lower-income and higher-income tourists.