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标题：Urban Development Pressure: Challenges in Ensuring Sustainable Tourism Development in Langkawi Island
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作者：Narimah Samat ; Narimah Samat ; Norhidayah Harun 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2013
卷号：91
页码：385-394
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.435
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractSignificant growth in tourism sector has created major challenges in planning and managing the environment and landscapes of tourism sites. This is due to the need to provide attractive tourism sites and supporting products such as accommodations and transportation networks as well as protecting the environment. This study used GIS to map and measure land use transformation from 1974 to 2005 and examine areas that are likely to experience urban development pressure. Zoning strategies such as by containing urban built-up areas within existing urban areas and promoting sustainable ecotourism development within Langkawi Geopark have succeeded in controlling expansion of built-up areas.