132117 20240319081018.0 doi 10.3390/su14116419 sideral 129929 ART-2022-129929 eng Escario-Sierra, Francisco Universidad de Zaragoza Sustainable Tourism, Social and Institutional Innovation—The Paradox of Dark Sky in Astrotourism 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Astrotourism is an emerging type of sustainable tourism based on the observation of the dark sky, free of light pollution, and of all the experiences that have developed around it. The views and perceptions of the main social actors and their constellations and interactions are considered. Both the public decision-makers concerning astrotourism and the civil society involved were analysed in this research through a case study in Aragon, an inland Spanish region. New institutionalism in sociology based on the actors provides a coherent structural framework and explanation of the most relevant aspects in astrotourism in Aragon as well as help to understand the social and institutional innovation, in the sense that civil society has organised itself for many years to show and bring astronomy closer to the social majority; in light of this social reality, institutions have had to respond appropriately, taking and allowing for the participation of astronomical associations, in order to develop tourist experiences in relation to the appropriate dissemination of this science. Even more so, we studied the socioeconomic dynamics and territorial impacts. Thanks to the application of a qualitative method, specifically, semi-structured interviews with relevant informants in the territory, we discovered a hidden relevant social situation around astrotourism. Is the so called “paradox of dark sky” that emerges in communities where social welfare gains such as widespread access to artificial light are jeopardised by a new collective approach to artificial light control and light pollution that prevents high-impact emotional experiences around the dark sky, but takes into account that astrotourism is an opportunity for the endogenous and sustainable socioeconomic development of these forgotten areas. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.9 2022 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 114 / 275 = 0.415 2022 Q2 T2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 48 / 128 = 0.375 2022 Q2 T2 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 34 / 46 = 0.739 2022 Q3 T3 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 5 / 9 = 0.556 2022 Q3 T2 0.664 2022 Geography, Planning and Development 2022 Q1 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2022 Q2 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 2022 Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2022 Q2 Hardware and Architecture 2022 Q2 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2022 Q2 Computer Networks and Communications 2022 Q2 5.8 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Álvarez-Alonso, César Moseñe-Fierro, J. Antonio Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1630-1006 Sanagustín-Fons, Victoria Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-3957-2466 4009 775 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Sociología 4002 230 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Contabilidad y Finanzas Área Economía Finan. y Contab. 14, 11 (2022), 6419 [20 pp.] Sustainability (Basel) Sustainability (Switzerland) 2071-1050 3746532 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/132117/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2771932 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/132117/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:132117 articulos driver 2024-03-18-15:52:05 ARTICLE