Episode 4: Urban sustainability

In this episode, I talk to ⁠Shirley Nieuwland⁠, independent researcher and consultant, about urban tourism and sustainability. Shirley has written her dissertation on those topics by researching sustainable tourism development in cities in the Netherlands and in Spain. In this episode, we unpack some buzzwords, from ‘overtourism’ to ‘degrowth’ and ‘gentrification’, and talk about how tourism can be part of the solution more than the problem.

Shirley’s recommended resources:

- Rotmans, J. (2021). Omarm de chaos. De Geus.

- Milano, C., Novelli, M., & Cheer, J. M. (2019). Overtourism and degrowth: A social movements perspective. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 27(12), 1857-1875. ⁠https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2019.1650054⁠

- Raworth, K. (2017). Doughnut economics: seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist. Chelsea Green Publishing.

- “Bye Bye Barcelona”, documentary available on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdXcFChRpmI⁠

Shirley’s highlighted work:

- Nieuwland, S., Versloot, E., & van der Zee, E. (2022). The Rotterdam way: a new take on urban tourism management. In J. van der Borg (Ed.), A Research Agenda for Urban Tourism (pp. 127-142). Edward Elgar Publishing. ⁠https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789907407.00014⁠

- Nieuwland, S., & Lavanga, M. (2020). The consequences of being ‘the Capital of Cool’. Creative entrepreneurs and the sustainable development of creative tourism in the urban context of Rotterdam. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 29(6), 926-943. ⁠https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1841780⁠

Thank you to Elmeri Tommiska for the music and post-production assistance.