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Empirical evidence regarding Local Agenda 21 (LA21) seems to indicate that higher LA21 dissemination is linked to networking. However, it is not entirely clear which features networks should have to succeed. This research takes a step towards filling this gap by studying the variables that are able to create favourable attitude towards participative sustainability-led medium-term planning tools by tourism destination local authorities in a networking context. Our research context is an archipelago, which constitutes an Autonomous Community (region) in Spain, the Balearic Islands (The Balearics). Overall, favourable attitude is associated with a mix of variables reflecting the management approach of the promoters, the internal characteristics of the municipalities and the benefits emerging from networking. From a more disaggregated view, more cognitive-related variables (such as, prior expertise, instrumental benefits and learning) seem to be more important than more affective-related variables (such as entertainment, trust, identification, and relations with network promoters) to explain attitudes towards LA21. Our findings also confirm the difficulties to achieve local society participation.
Previous research has identified factors affecting Local governments' (LGs) attitude to Local Agenda 21 (LA21) (Echebarria, et al. 2009). This research is addressed to propose a measurement model and contrast it in the case of a specific region, the Basque Country. Research results support that LGs attitude to LA21 (in terms of value, satisfaction and loyalty) is explained by internal characteristics of the LGs (such as the existence of key individuals and the LG' propensity towards citizen participation) and factors related to the environment of the LGs which is fostered, fundamentally, by the higher levels of government (HLGs) which can create connected or networking processes. Measurement model could be used in other contexts in order to accept or refuse the results of this research and offer politicians a guide to achieve a more generalised diffusion of LA21 processes.
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