dc.contributor |
Listaháskóli Íslands |
dc.contributor |
Iceland Academy of the Arts |
dc.contributor.author |
Birgisdóttir, Sigrún |
dc.date.accessioned |
2018-02-02T14:45:28Z |
dc.date.available |
2018-02-02T14:45:28Z |
dc.date.issued |
2015-12 |
dc.identifier.citation |
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. |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/557 |
dc.description.abstract |
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. |
dc.format.extent |
13 |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.publisher |
IIT Bombay Publications |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Sustainable tourism |
dc.subject |
Wellness |
dc.subject |
Geothermal pools |
dc.subject |
Bathing culture |
dc.subject |
Participative processes |
dc.subject |
Jarðhiti |
dc.subject |
Vistvæn ferðamennska |
dc.title |
Wellness Country Iceland - Water as Locus |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject |
dcterms.license |
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License |
dc.description.version |
Peer Reviewed |
dc.identifier.journal |
In a Planet of Our Own: A Vision of Sustainability with focus on Water |
dc.relation.url |
http://www.inaplanetofourown.net/assets/papers/Sigrun%20Birgisdottir%20-%20Cumulus%20Mumbai%202015.pdf |
dc.contributor.department |
Hönnunar- og arkítektúrdeild |
dc.contributor.department |
The Department of Design and Architecture |