150622 20251024170832.0 doi 10.1007/s11629-018-4943-0 sideral 108623 ART-2018-108623 eng López, Iván Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7692-1194 Tourism versus nature conservation: reconciliation of common interests and objectives – an analysis through Picos de Europa National Park 2018 Nature tourism and particularly tourism in national parks have acquired significant importance in contemporary societies. Post-Fordist consumers have reevaluated the meanings of ‘nature’ and ‘natural spaces’ and now avoid standardization to seek singularity. Tourism in national parks is a consequence of this tendency and has both positive and negative aspects. The purpose of this sociological research is to describe the most relevant conflicts in the Picos de Europa National Park (Spain) involving the park’s conservation, local economic development, and tourism. Seven in-depth interviews and three focus groups were addressed to key local stakeholders. In this research were identified three chief areas of existing or potential inter-related conflicts and the main actors interacting with them. The first is on population, particularly, the negative consequences of depopulations on the local socio-economic development and the environment. A second source of conflicts identified is caused by the difficult conciliation between commercial exploitation and conservation of the protected natural area. More precisely, this specific form of tourism positively contributes to the economy of local communities whilst problems can arise for the conservation goals of National Parks. Thirdly, in this research is also analyzed the institutional governance and the inter and intra-governmental conflicts as well as with the Park’s management body. These findings provide important information for the improved management of tourism and conflicting interests in natural parks info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 1.423 2018 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 190 / 250 = 0.76 2018 Q4 T3 0.462 2018 Earth-Surface Processes 2018 Q2 Geography, Planning and Development 2018 Q2 Nature and Landscape Conservation 2018 Q2 Global and Planetary Change 2018 Q2 Geology 2018 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Pardo, Mercedes 4009 775 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Sociología 15, 11 (2018), 2505-2516 Journal of Mountain Science Journal of Mountain Science 1672-6316 446046 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/150622/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2543851 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/150622/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:150622 articulos driver 2025-10-24-17:02:47 ARTICLE