01328nas a2200169   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003100001600044700001200060245008600072856011800158300001000276490000800286520084400294022002001138       2016                            d1 aE. Giordano1 aC. Tuci00aThe development of peri-urbanization in Galápagos: The case of Santa Cruz island  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961904407&partnerID=40&md5=31bc5fe20cce536064d9be2e9d991da8  a69-860 v1233 aThe development of peri-urbanization in Gal\&\#225;pagos: the case of Santa Cruz island. - Historically the Gal\&\#225;pagos archipelago has been identified as an exemplary case of a tourism development able to preserve the environmental heritage and as an example of an eco-tourism system of excellence. However, over the last decade, population growth and the motorization of the insular mobility have fundamentally changed the traditional process of settlement of the population and therefore the internal equilibrium of the system. Through the study of the main island of the archipelago, Santa Cruz, in the article we discuss the reasons beyond this change, noting how for the first time in his history the island is undergoing a rapid process of peri-urbanisation that puts at risk the tangible and intangible heritage of the island.  a00356697 (ISSN)