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

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    Identificador: PC:3326
    Autors:
    Serrano Giné, D.Jurado Rota, J.Pérez Albert, Y.Bonfill Cerveró, C.
    Resum:
    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.
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    Autor segons l'article: Serrano Giné, D.; Jurado Rota, J.; Pérez Albert, Y.; Bonfill Cerveró, C.
    Departament: Geografia
    Autor/s de la URV: SERRANO GINÉ, DAVID; Jurado Rota, J.; PEREZ ALBERT, MARIA YOLANDA; Bonfill Cerveró, C.
    Paraules clau: beach management carrying capacity geographic information systems
    Resum: 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.
    Grup de recerca: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics
    Àrees temàtiques: Geografia Geografía Geography
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 0033-0124
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0003-1676-7110; ; 0000-0003-1634-4986;
    Pàgina final: 422
    Data d'alta del registre: 2018-09-13
    Volum de revista: 70
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
    Enllaç font original: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00330124.2017.1416300?journalCode=rtpg20
    Programa de finançament: plan; SPATIUM; CSO2014-52721-P
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    DOI de l'article: 10.1080/00330124.2017.1416300
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2018
    Pàgina inicial: 412
    Tipus de publicació: Article Artículo Article
  • Paraules clau:

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