Preliminary communication
Attitudes of the Local Community on Some Social-Environmental Consequences of Building Second Homes on the Island of Vir
Geran- Marko MILETIĆ
Abstract
Empirical data used in this paper were collected within the research
project "Spatial, economic and social aspects of building
second homes on the Adriatic coast" conducted during autumn
2004 by the Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar. One of the observed
places was Vir and the reason why we took it as the subject
of this study was not unintentional. There has not been any
discussion in Croatia about illegal building connected with tourism development without mentioning the case of Vir, which
has become a synonym for all the unpleasant socio-spatial
changes produced by unplanned second homes development.
Therefore, with Vir in the background the aims of this paper
were to explore residents' satisfaction, perception of costs and
benefits from second home development and general attitudes
about second home development. The results show that the host
community finds the consequences of mass building of second
homes unthreatening and there is no serious opposition to
island development based on second homes and residential
tourism. In other words, residents consider second home
development mostly compatible with their personal and
community interests.
Keywords
second homes; socio-environmental change; island Vir
Hrčak ID:
18109
URI
Publication date:
30.4.2006.
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