Wellness Country Iceland - Water as Locus

Titill:	Wellness Country Iceland - Water as Locus
Höfundur:	Birgisdóttir, Sigrún 1 höfundar Sýna færri höfunda
Útgáfa:	2015-12
Tungumál:	Enska
Umfang:	13
Háskóli/Stofnun:	Listaháskóli Íslands Iceland Academy of the Arts
Deild:	Hönnunar- og arkítektúrdeild The Department of Design and Architecture
Efnisorð:	Sustainable tourism; Wellness; Geothermal pools; Bathing culture; Participative processes; Jarðhiti; Vistvæn ferðamennska
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/557
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Tilvitnun: Sigrún Birgisdóttir. 2015. Wellness Country Iceland - Water as Locus. In a Planet of Our Own: A Vision of Sustainability with focus on Water. IIT Bombay Publications.
Útdráttur: This paper will address issues of sustainable development within the context of Icelands´ escalating tourism, exploring how design thinking and scenario building can be used as a reflective tool to address complex problems. This will be discussed in relation to the project Wellness Country Iceland. The project by the multi-disciplinary collective Vatnavinir addresses how a scenario for the growing tourism industry can be developed by focusing on wellness, water and Icelands´bathing culture to promote health related tourism for the whole of the country. The aim being to develop a network of local geothermal health localities providing benefits to the local communities.
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