May a highly touristic tropical island sustain water resources? Navigating troubled waters to berth on a safe shore.

ABSTRACT: While being a major economic development force for tropical islands, tourism may aggravate disturbances on local water resources (scarcity, pollution) and the surrounding ecosystem. In this work, we used a discrete events modelling approach to characterize trajectories of Cat Ba Island (Vietnam) and its ability to reach specific trajectories. We wanted to assess if a healthy social ecosystem could be compatible with tourism. We found that co-existence between water resources and tourism may be reached; moreover, a systemic state where ecosystem and sociosystem can sustainably coexist may be reached. The implementation of urban ecological infrastructure is a key process to shift from the present state towards more favourable states. Another significant result is that the departure from the

SUBMITTER: Bois P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662113 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature