Autor según el artículo: David SERRANO GINÉ; Yolanda PÉREZ ALBERT; BONFILL, C.

Departamento: Geografia

Autor/es de la URV: SERRANO GINÉ, DAVID; PEREZ ALBERT, MARIA YOLANDA; BONFILL, C.

Resumen: 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.

Grupo de investigación: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics

Áreas temáticas: Geografia Geografía Geography

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 1470-2541

Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-1676-7110; 0000-0003-1634-4986;

Fecha de alta del registro: 2018-09-12

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702541.2018.1489557

Programa de financiación: plan; SPATIUM; CSO2014-52721-P

DOI del artículo: 10.1080/14702541.2018.1489557

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2018

Tipo de publicación: Article Artículo Article