Author, as appears in the article.: David SERRANO GINÉ; Yolanda PÉREZ ALBERT; BONFILL, C.

Department: Geografia

URV's Author/s: SERRANO GINÉ, DAVID; PEREZ ALBERT, MARIA YOLANDA; BONFILL, C.

Abstract: The Dynamic Index for Beaches in protected areas (DIBA) is introduced as a dynamic method for evaluating the quality of beaches in protected areas. The aim of this dynamic approach is to assess quality on a weekly basis so that different scores may be obtained throughout the bathing season. The index is made up of three sub-indices encompassing the main concerns regarding beaches in protected areas, i.e. the environment, landscape and recreation. These sub-indices consist of nine indicators and four sub-indicators; the five indicators are recorded yearly and the four sub-indicators are recorded weekly. The procedure is tested at four selected beaches on Spain’s Mediterranean coast and gives good overall scores although these decrease throughout the bathing season. The DIBA is a useful tool for managers of beaches and protected areas because it can be used to characterize and compare beaches. With minor adjustments, this procedure may be applied to other beaches in protected areas in the Mediterranean basin.

Research group: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics

Thematic Areas: Geografia Geografía Geography

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 1470-2541

Author identifier: 0000-0003-1676-7110; 0000-0003-1634-4986;

Record's date: 2018-09-12

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702541.2018.1489557

Funding program: plan; SPATIUM; CSO2014-52721-P

Article's DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2018.1489557

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2018

Publication Type: Article Artículo Article