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The Beach Crowding Index: A Tool for Assessing Social Carrying Capacity of Vulnerable Beaches

  • Identification data

    Identifier: PC:3326
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC3326
  • Authors:

    Serrano Giné, D.
    Jurado Rota, J.
    Pérez Albert, Y.
    Bonfill Cerveró, C.
  • Others:

    Author, as appears in the article.: Serrano Giné, D.; Jurado Rota, J.; Pérez Albert, Y.; Bonfill Cerveró, C.
    Department: Geografia
    URV's Author/s: SERRANO GINÉ, DAVID; Jurado Rota, J.; PEREZ ALBERT, MARIA YOLANDA; Bonfill Cerveró, C.
    Keywords: beach management carrying capacity geographic information systems
    Abstract: The aim of this paper is to introduce the Beach Crowding Index (BCI), a procedure to assess the social carrying capacity of vulnerable beaches. The study uses the PAOT (people at one time) approach and data gathered weekly throughout the bathing season regarding the number of beachgoers in 100m2cells of the beach to assess how many beachgoers it can comfortablyhold. The procedureis based on field work, interviewswith beachgoers and GIS analysis, andhas been tested on four beaches in protected areas on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. On a scale from 0 to 4, minimum scores throughout the bathing season are 0.7 and maximum 3.7, although results showed wide variationbetween the beaches, the section of the beach and the time of day. This study suggests that determining the location of beachgoers and collecting a long-term series of data is fundamental to assessing social carrying capacity, and thatthe BCI procedure can be used in a large number of applications.
    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: 0033-0124
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-1676-7110; ; 0000-0003-1634-4986;
    Last page: 422
    Record's date: 2018-09-13
    Journal volume: 70
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00330124.2017.1416300?journalCode=rtpg20
    Funding program: plan; SPATIUM; CSO2014-52721-P
    Article's DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2017.1416300
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2018
    First page: 412
    Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
  • Keywords:

    Platges -- Aspectes ambientals
    beach management
    carrying capacity
    geographic information systems
    Geografia
    Geografía
    Geography
    0033-0124
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