TY - CHAP AU - Pedro Pimentel AU - André Oliveira AU - Gualter Couto AU - João Crispim Ponte AU - Rui Castanho ED - Rui Alexandre Castanho ED - Gualter Couto ED - Rossana Santos Y1 - 2020-10-31 PY - 2020 T1 - The Azores Archipelago as a Region with Vast Potential for the Development of Adventure and Slow Tourism N2 - Limited land and resources, along with the overexploitation of tourism and multiple other factors, make peripheral and ultra-peripheral territories relevant cases for studying governance and sustainable development. This book presents case studies of European and Mediterranean regions to study regional development and territorial sustainability, strategic planning, and territorial management and governance. Written by experts in the field, the chapters contained herein provide the reader with a deep understanding, from several perspectives, of the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities of tourism in these specific territories. BT - Peripheral Territories, Tourism, and Regional Development SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94411 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.94411 SN - 978-1-83968-184-4 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-23 ER -