Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe northern portion of Belgium, a region known as Flanders, is one of the most densely settled, industrialized areas in the world. Existing in small, isolated tracts, are "green spaces" mainly devoted to agricultural output. The Flemish way of life and environment has become increasingly "urbanized." Tourism commissions operating in the countryside have drawn on Flemish heritage and identity, as well as the rural landscape to act as marketing tools. In terms of perception and the notion of a distinctly Flemish rural "space'" how are tourist flow patterns influenced? Does the process of perception result in an exclusive urban to rural pattern, or is there deviation (e.g. rural to rural)? Finally, what mechanisms are utilized by the tourism industry to create the demand for rural tourist activity -- is culture invented, or does an emerging Flemish identity reveal itself as part of the linguistic movement?
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Department of Geography and Geology
- Year
- 2004
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Thomas, Joel Stuart
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dr. Katie Algeo (Director), Dr. David Keeling, Dr. Stuart Foster, Dr. Richard Deal
Subjects
dc:subject × 4Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/233
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1237