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

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    Identificador: imarina:6389367
    Autors:
    Serrano Giné DJurado Rota JPérez Albert MBonfill Cerveró C
    Resum:
    © 2018, © 2018 by American Association of Geographers. The aim of this article is to introduce the Beach Crowding Index (BCI), a procedure to assess the social carrying capacity of vulnerable beaches. The study uses the people at one time (PAOT) approach and data gathered weekly throughout the bathing season regarding the number of beachgoers in 100 m2 cells of the beach to assess how many beachgoers it can comfortably hold. The procedure is based on fieldwork, interviews with beachgoers, and geographic information system (GIS) analysis and has 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 variation between 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 that the BCI procedure can be used for a large number of applications.
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    Autor segons l'article: Serrano Giné D; Jurado Rota J; Pérez Albert M; Bonfill Cerveró C
    Departament: Geografia
    Autor/s de la URV: Perez Albert, Maria Yolanda / SERRANO GINÉ, DAVID
    Paraules clau: Tourism Spain Scenery Quality Public perceptions Portugal Management Geographic information system Crowdedness Costa Carrying capacity Caribbean coast Beach management Bci
    Resum: © 2018, © 2018 by American Association of Geographers. The aim of this article is to introduce the Beach Crowding Index (BCI), a procedure to assess the social carrying capacity of vulnerable beaches. The study uses the people at one time (PAOT) approach and data gathered weekly throughout the bathing season regarding the number of beachgoers in 100 m2 cells of the beach to assess how many beachgoers it can comfortably hold. The procedure is based on fieldwork, interviews with beachgoers, and geographic information system (GIS) analysis and has 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 variation between 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 that the BCI procedure can be used for a large number of applications.
    Grup de recerca: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics
    Àrees temàtiques: Geography, planning and development Geography Geografia i urbanisme Geografía Earth-surface processes Ciencias sociales Ciências ambientais
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 14679272
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: myolanda.perez@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0003-1634-4986
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-09-07
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
    Enllaç font original: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00330124.2017.1416300
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Professional Geographer. 70 (3): 412-422
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Serrano Giné D; Jurado Rota J; Pérez Albert M; Bonfill Cerveró C (2018). The Beach Crowding Index: A Tool for Assessing Social Carrying Capacity of Vulnerable Beaches. Professional Geographer, 70(3), 412-422. DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2017.1416300
    DOI de l'article: 10.1080/00330124.2017.1416300
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2018
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Earth-Surface Processes,Geography,Geography, Planning and Development
    Tourism
    Spain
    Scenery
    Quality
    Public perceptions
    Portugal
    Management
    Geographic information system
    Crowdedness
    Costa
    Carrying capacity
    Caribbean coast
    Beach management
    Bci
    Geography, planning and development
    Geography
    Geografia i urbanisme
    Geografía
    Earth-surface processes
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciências ambientais
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