RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Planning and sustainable development: a proposal applied to the hydrothermal complex in Caldas Novas, Brazil T2 Planificación y desarrollo sostenible: una propuesta aplicada al complexo hidrotermal en Caldas Novas, Brasil A1 Lopes Brenner, Eliane A1 Priestley, Gerda K. K1 planificación turística K1 gestión de destinos K1 desarrollo sostenible K1 turismo hidrotermal K1 Caldas Novas K1 Brasil AB One of the most important justifications for applying tourism planning is the danger of permit-ting continuous development until the point of saturation that may ultimately lead to a destination’s decline.One of the essential functions of planning is therefore to provide a strategy base that allows destinationsto confront change successfully. This article focuses on the elaboration of a tourism planning method basedessentially on the most effective procedures identified, through an analysis of the contributions of variousauthors who suggest methods of proved efficiency. As a result the authors develop an original system thatincorporates the positive points and avoids the weaknesses of all the proposals analysed while adapting it tothe Brazilian context and applying it to a specific case study (Caldas Novas in Goias). The proposal is struc-tured on the basis of two key priorities: a physical focus guided towards the sustainability of the environ-ment; and a social focus that reinforces the role of the receiving community in the tourist experience. The au-thors conclude that, as a result, this method offers considerable guarantees of success in achieving its goals. PB Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales. Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, España) SN 1695-7121 YR 2014 FD 2014 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/17415 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/17415 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 01-may-2024