10 Ghost Towns and Tourism: L’Aquila, Italy Post-Earthquake

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables, Figures, Plates vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Acknowledgements xi
6. 1 Earthquakes and Tourism: Impacts, Responses and Resilience – An Introduction 1
7. 2 The Resilience of a Tourist Destination: Seismic Risk Perception by Tourism Operators in the Etna Area, Italy 36
8. 3 Crisis Communication Systems and Earthquake Preparedness of Tourism Sectors in LDCs: A Study on Nepal 51
9. 4 Mitigating Earthquake and Tsunami Risks in Coastal Tourism Sites in Bali 65
10. 5 It is Not Just About a Convention Centre: Expectations and Disillusions from Tourism-Relevant Stakeholders in Post-Earthquake Christchurch 82
11. 6 Bringing Relief to a Natural Disaster Zone Through ‘Being a Tourist’: The Case of the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti 99
12. 7 The Tourism Industry Response in Assisting Resident Evacuees after the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes 115
13. 8 Handicraft Shopping Tourism after the Jogjakarta Earthquake: Recovery Network, Risk Perceptions and the Implications 138
14. 9 Earthquakes, Psychological Resilience and Organizational Resilience: Tourism Entrepreneurs in Kaikōura, New Zealand 153
15. 10 Ghost Towns and Tourism: L’Aquila, Italy Post-Earthquake 168
16. 11 Conclusion: Earthquakes and Tourism – An Emerging Research Agenda 193
17. Index 203