Open House International: Volume 32 Issue 4

Editorial

Ashraf M. Salama

When looking at recent debates on sustainability one can observe that implicit within these debates is a criticism against the values, attitudes, and tools by which most of the…

Learning From the Vernacular: Sustainable Planning and Design

Ahmet Eyüce

Ecologically fit built form and settlement is an outcome of harmonious modes of interaction between the man-made and the natural environment. It is also the prerequisite of a…

Eco-Resorts in Tropical Coasts: Design and Comfort

Zbigniew Bromberek

The argument presented in this paper is based on distinctive and exploitable differences which merit putting eco-tourists, eco-resorts and the coastal tropics into categories of…

Experiencing the Flows of Nature

Rodrigo Garcia Alvardo, Maureen Trebilcock, Hernan Ascui

This article reviews a hot spring spa located in the south of Chile and discusses the contribution of this project to the development of a particular route to sustainability that…

Regenerative Tourism: A Case Study of the Resort Town Yulara

Ceridwen Owen

Ecotourism is a burgeoning sector of the tourism industry offering a relatively guilt-free environment in which to satisfy the desire for travel and adventure. The discourse is…

A Charette Process for Designing an Eco-Lodge in Al Qula'An, Red Sea, Egypt

Ashraf M. Salama

An ambitions strategic plan for tourism development in the Red Sea region is currently implemented. Without adequate concern for environmental protection this development could…

Desert Ecotourism: Investigating Ecolodges in the Sahara

Aziza Chaouni

This paper attempts to delineate an adequate typology for desert ecolodges in the developing world by focusing on the Northern Saharan region as an area of study. To do so, it…

Towards Sustainable Desert Eco-Tourism in Kuwait: Learning from the Regional Experience

Yasser Mahgoub

The desert was always part of the Arabian culture and a way of life. After the discovery of oil during the 1940's, traditional Arab societies became urbanized and settled in newly…

Sustainable Design in Heritage Sites: An Archeological Park in Argentina

Luciana Repiso, Natalia Ravegnini, Emma Puch Sleive

Keeping the spirit of each place is the greatest challenge posed by interventions in heritage sites. The delicacy of the environments that host these sites entails that the…

Sustainable Rural Tourism in Akseki Sarihacilar Village

Sedef Altun, Gülin Beyhan, Recep Esengil

The article establishes a framework for diversifying tourism in Antalya through the evaluation of a village in terms of sustainable rural tourism. Located 160 kilometers from…

Sustainable Tourism As An Alternative to Mass Tourism Developments of Bafra, North Cyprus

Özlem Olgaç Türker, Özgür Dinçyürek

Today, there is a growing tendency towards tourism based economical activities. However, the impact of tourism particularly in the less developed countries can be very destructive…