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Bianchi,
Chapter 5
in this volume), in order to enhance our understanding of these tourism
spaces. With this in mind, relational perspectives on globalisation could be valuable, as
they capture fundamental changes in how geographies of globalisation (and the associated
implications for space and place) are theorised. Moreover, the new economic geography
emphasises the need to take a topological interpretation of globalisation and view resorts
as being comprised of complex networks of scapes and fl ows. In doing so, these perspectives
may address some of the shortcomings of existing research by enabling the examination
of the complex nexus of relations which exist amongst agents who are intertwined in the
development process at various geographical scales.
