Climate change and intensive coastal development place beaches under significant
pressures, both natural and anthropogenic. Coastal erosion and deterioration of beach …

The objective of this paper is to identify factors affecting beach environments and to
establish a multi-criteria evaluation structure for tourist beaches. This structure is intended to …

Urban tourist beach ecosystems provide the essential service of recreation. These
ecosystems also support critical ecological functions where biodiversity conservation is not …

This comprehensive book provides full coverage of beach management principles and
practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management. The book provides a wealth of …

Sandy beaches offer invaluable services, the overexploitation of which threatens their
survival. Management responses may be inappropriate, focussing on limited aspects of …

The growth of beach tourism has increased the need for acceptable, practical and
sustainable policies. Overcrowding, sand loss, habitat destruction, littering, water pollution …

Beach waste and litter composition and evolution on popular urban (located in the main
nucleus of the municipality) and urbanized (located in residential areas outside the main …

This new edition-now with Nancy Jackson as a co-author-continues the themes of the first
edition: the need to restore the biodiversity, ecosystem health, and ecosystem services …

A composite index, based on function analysis and including thirteen sub-indices, was
developed to assess the overall quality of urban and urbanized beaches in the …

Abstract The Blue Flag is a beach award scheme adopted by coastal municipalities to
manage beaches and attract tourism. This paper evaluates beachgoers' views of the Blue …