Beach and coastal land managers have responsibility for the biophysical and human aspects pertaining to sensitive and valuable ecosystems. This responsibility presents complex management challenges that must consider, and often balance, multiple objectives concerning spatial, ecological, social, cultural, and economic elements. This process will commonly follow a strategic framework underpinned by plans designed to meet set objectives cognisant of limits set by acceptable change. This outcome requires accurate, relevant and timely data for good decision-making. One source of required data pertains to human use of beach environments. In this regard, a range of methods and tools exist to measure and assess this use. Decisions on suitable meth...
Coastal environments are spaces where people may develop varied economic and recreational activities...
The purpose of this research paper is to outline the theory and practice of tourism carrying capacit...
As accumulation zones, sandy beaches are temporal sinks for beach wrack and litter, both often seen ...
Beaches are important tourist attractions in many countries. To plan and manage coastal zones, autho...
The aim of this paper is to introduce the Beach Crowding Index (BCI), a procedure to assess the soci...
Beach management is based on administering technical, environmental, social and political issues to ...
The aim of the paper is to show a brief review of social research methods used in beach user researc...
Dissertação mest., Gestão da Água e da Costa, Universidade do Algarve, 2010Coastal resources are an ...
Research that gathers data from public reporting is susceptible to population bias, which arises fro...
International audienceBecause of demographic and tourism increase, coastal areas are facing higher n...
User perceptions can become vital especially at beach preferences as cleanliness, safety and ameniti...
This contribution proposes Coastal State Indicators (CSIs) for application to different aspects of r...
In many places the expansion of urban areas has brought recreationists into close proximity to natur...
Sandy shores are among the ecosystems most valued by humans. Their scenic vistas contribute to their...
Every year since 2000, the Surfrider Foundation has released the State of the Beach Report. This an...
Coastal environments are spaces where people may develop varied economic and recreational activities...
The purpose of this research paper is to outline the theory and practice of tourism carrying capacit...
As accumulation zones, sandy beaches are temporal sinks for beach wrack and litter, both often seen ...
Beaches are important tourist attractions in many countries. To plan and manage coastal zones, autho...
The aim of this paper is to introduce the Beach Crowding Index (BCI), a procedure to assess the soci...
Beach management is based on administering technical, environmental, social and political issues to ...
The aim of the paper is to show a brief review of social research methods used in beach user researc...
Dissertação mest., Gestão da Água e da Costa, Universidade do Algarve, 2010Coastal resources are an ...
Research that gathers data from public reporting is susceptible to population bias, which arises fro...
International audienceBecause of demographic and tourism increase, coastal areas are facing higher n...
User perceptions can become vital especially at beach preferences as cleanliness, safety and ameniti...
This contribution proposes Coastal State Indicators (CSIs) for application to different aspects of r...
In many places the expansion of urban areas has brought recreationists into close proximity to natur...
Sandy shores are among the ecosystems most valued by humans. Their scenic vistas contribute to their...
Every year since 2000, the Surfrider Foundation has released the State of the Beach Report. This an...
Coastal environments are spaces where people may develop varied economic and recreational activities...
The purpose of this research paper is to outline the theory and practice of tourism carrying capacit...
As accumulation zones, sandy beaches are temporal sinks for beach wrack and litter, both often seen ...