Dr. FRANCISCO JAVIER GARCIA-DELGADO

Associate Professor of Regional Geography at the University of Huelva (Spain); his teaching focuses on undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Tourism and Local Development. He belongs to the Local Development Institute Research Group (HUM260). His lines of research are local development, tourism, the agri-food industry, and university teaching. His recent publications include the following: (2022) Sustainability and Tourist Activities in Protected Natural Areas: The Case of Three Natural Parks of Andalusia (Spain); (2022) The representation of the rural exodus in Spanish cinema (1900-2020): evolution, causes and territorial consequences; (2021) Changes of Dynamics in Local Productive Systems Based on the Iberian Pig Transformation Industry in Western Sierra Morena (Spain); (2020) Heritage, tourism and local development in peripheral rural spaces: Mértola (Baixo Alentejo, Portugal); (2020) The World of Iberian Ham and its tourism potential; (2019) The Jabugo Route. Scope and Territoriality.