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Constructive and destructive agency, regional path development and critical junctures: the case of cruise tourism in Nuuk, Greenland

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The literature on regional development paths and human agency has focused on a broad distinction between reproductive and change agency, and the actions of a relatively narrow range of stakeholders. This paper introduces a typology of path development that also distinguishes between constructive and destructive agency. Four overall types of path development are identified: continuation, transformation, decline and disappearance (CDTD). The CDTD typology is used to analyse a case of cruise tourism path development, focusing on why different path development goals are pursued by different stakeholders at a potentially critical juncture.

Source: Regional Studies

DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2461755

Authors: Laura James, Henrik Halkier, Heidi Vorre

Institution: Aalborg University

Language: English

Topic: Cruise Tourism Development and Management

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Norges Forskningsråd

Award: G1634240008