It's a well-conducted study with an intellectually ambitious goal — to provide an alternative theoretical framework to a key tenet of the neutral theory.

I seldom read reviewer reports, but in this case I'm grateful they're there. They make great counterpoints & put these efforts into perspective.

Ens fa de mare i de pare, i s'engreixa
de tèrbola tenebra, i no desdenya
de beneir la reixa de la queixa.

Be mossegaire, mal de tots nosaltres,
aquesta activitat d'ensenyar els altres,
aplica-te-la, porca, a tu mateixa.»

(L'església catòlica espanyola, Joan Brossa, 1954)

«… Given that at least some segments of the local community have taken to the streets of Barcelona to protest the socioeconomic and cultural costs of mass tourism, there clearly are costs to these types of schemes».

And do we know whether the putative benefits are equitably redistributed in the local economies?

«[Recent studies in Barcelona] fail to mention the possibility that some sub-groups of the local population could experience negative economic outcomes from the airport and its proposed expansion…»

I'm trying very hard to zoom in to check out the target species
🔍👀

Hahaha I hadn’t thought of it this way…