Beach Management Tools - Concepts, Methodologies and Case Studies

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 State-of-the-Art Beach Ecosystem Management from the Tree of Science Platform  (Omar Cervantes, Camilo M. Botero, Charles W. Finkl)....Pages 3-19
 A DEcision MAking (DEMA) Tool to Be Used in Ecosystem-Based Management System (EBMS) Applications  (Rafael Sardá, Juan Pablo Lozoya Azcárate)....Pages 21-40
 Dune System Restoration in Osório Municipality (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil): Good Practices Based on Coastal Management Legislation  (Luana Portz, Rogério P. Manzolli, Javier Alcántara-Carrió)....Pages 41-58
 Environmental Analysis and Classification of Coastal Sandy Systems of the Dominican Republic  (Francesc Xavier Roig-Munar, José Ángel Martín-Prieto, Antonio Rodríguez-Perea, Óliver Olivo Batista)....Pages 59-74
 Environmental Services of Beaches and Coastal Sand Dunes as a Tool for Their Conservation  (Natalia Rodríguez-Revelo, Ileana Espejel, Concepción Arredondo García, Lina Ojeda-Revah, María Alejandra Sánchez Vázquez)....Pages 75-100
 Evolutional Trends and the Current Management of the Beach-Dune Systems Along the Western Polish Coast (Southern Baltic Sea)  (Leszek J. Kaszubowski)....Pages 101-144
 Recreational Beaches as Factors of Involvement in a Coral Community: Colima Case Study  (Marco Agustín Liñán-Cabello, Jesús Emilio Michel-Morfin)....Pages 145-157
 Spatially Explicit Models in Local Dynamics Analysis: The Potential Natural Vegetation (PNV) as a Tool for Beach and Coastal Management  (Francisco Gutierres, Pedro Gomes, Jorge Rocha, Ana Cláudia Teodoro)....Pages 159-177
Front Matter ....Pages 179-179
 State-of-the-Art Beach Geomorphology from the Tree of Science Platform  (Omar Cervantes, Camilo M. Botero, Charles W. Finkl)....Pages 181-196
 A Hybrid CA-ANN-Fuzzy Model for Simulating Coastal Changing Patterns  (Jorge Rocha, Francisco Gutierres, Pedro Gomes, Ana Cláudia Teodoro)....Pages 197-217
 Assessing Shoreline Change Rates in Mediterranean Beaches  (Fernando J. Aguilar, Ismael Fernández, Manuel A. Aguilar, Andrés M. García Lorca)....Pages 219-237
 Florida and US East Coast Beach Change Metrics Derived from LiDAR Data Utilizing ArcGIS Python Based Tools  (Quin Robertson, Lauren Dunkin, Zhifei Dong, Jennifer Wozencraft, Keqi Zhang)....Pages 239-258
 From Sediment Movement to Morphodynamic Changes, Useful Information from the Modeling World to the Beach Management Practice  (Isaac Azuz-Adeath, Norma Muñoz-Sevilla, Alejandra Cortés-Ruíz)....Pages 259-272
 Mexican Beach Sands: Composition and Vulnerability  (Arturo Carranza-Edwards, Leticia Rosales-Hoz)....Pages 273-292
 Nourishing Tourist Beaches  (Enzo Pranzini, Giorgio Anfuso, Camilo M. Botero)....Pages 293-317
 The Morphodynamics Behaviour of a Cross-Shore Sandbar in a Microtidal Environment, Anjos Cove, Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil  (João Wagner Alencar Castro)....Pages 319-329
Front Matter ....Pages 331-331
 State-of-the-Art Users’ Risk Assessment on Beaches from the Tree of Science Platform  (Omar Cervantes, Camilo M. Botero, Charles W. Finkl)....Pages 333-348
 Assessment of Potential Impacts in Tourism of the Increase in the Average Sea Level  (Pedro Gomes, Francisco Gutierres, Jorge Rocha, Ana Cláudia Teodoro)....Pages 349-371
 Beach Management Practices and Occupation Dynamics: An Agent-Based Modeling Study for the Coastal Town of Nags Head, NC, USA  (Ayse Karanci, Liliana Velásquez-Montoya, Juan F. Paniagua-Arroyave, Peter N. Adams, Margery F. Overton)....Pages 373-395
 Beach Safety Management  (Enzo Pranzini, Giorgio Pezzini, Giorgio Anfuso, Camilo M. Botero)....Pages 397-420
 Impacts of Coastal Erosion, Anthropogenic Activities and their Management on Tourism and Coastal Ecosystems: A Study with Reference to Karnataka Coast, India  (K. S. Jayappa, B. Deepika)....Pages 421-440
 Management Tools for Safety in Costa Rica Beaches  (Isabel Arozarena Llopis, Alejandro Gutiérrez Echeverría)....Pages 441-467
 Risk Assessment to Extreme Wave Events: The Barranquilla – Cienaga, Caribbean of Colombia Case Study  (Nelson Guillermo Rangel-Buitrago, Giorgio Anfuso, Allan Williams, Jarbas Bonetti, Gracia C. Adriana, Juan Carlos Ortiz)....Pages 469-496
 Seawalls and Signage: How Beach Access Management Affects Rip Current Safety  (Sarah Trimble, Chris Houser)....Pages 497-524
Front Matter ....Pages 525-525
 State-of-the-Art Innovative Beach Management Tools from the Tree of Science Platform  (Camilo M. Botero, Omar Cervantes, Charles W. Finkl)....Pages 527-544
 Analysis of Blue Flag Beaches Compared with Natural Beaches in the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands, Spain  (Francesc Xavier Roig-Munar, Pablo Fraile-Jurado, Carolina Peña-Alonso)....Pages 545-559
 Counting Beach Visitors: Tools, Methods and Management Applications  (Damian Morgan)....Pages 561-577
 Remote Sensing Data and Image Classification Algorithms in the Identification of Beach Patterns  (Ana Cláudia Teodoro, Francisco Gutierres, Pedro Gomes, Jorge Rocha)....Pages 579-587
 The Prospect of Nautical Recreational and Beach Tourism Service Providers About the Beach Certification, at Gaviotas Beach, in Mazatlán  (Juan Pablo Mariño Jiménez, Marcela Rebeca Contreras Loera)....Pages 589-600
Front Matter ....Pages 601-601
 State-of-the-Art Beach Governance from the Tree of Science Platform  (Camilo M. Botero, Omar Cervantes, Charles W. Finkl)....Pages 603-618
 Beach Management, Beyond the Double Standard for Client Demands and Environmental Sustainability  (José R. Dadon)....Pages 619-634
 Interdisciplinary Criteria and Indicators to Identify Priorities for Beach and Dune Management  (Patricia Moreno-Casasola, Rodolfo Silva, M. Luisa Martínez, Debora Lithgow, Edgar Mendoza, Rubí E. Martínez-Martínez et al.)....Pages 635-657
 Microscale Governance and Temporal Regulations in Beach Management  (Isaac Azuz-Adeath, Norma Patricia Muñoz-Sevilla, Evelia Rivera-Arriaga, Lidia Silva-Íñiguez, Oscar Arizpe-Covarrubias, Omar Cervantes et al.)....Pages 659-678
 Pacific Island Beaches: Values, Threats and Rehabilitation  (Joanna C. Ellison)....Pages 679-700
 Privatization of the Mexican Coast, the Case of the Municipality of Solidaridad, Quintana Roo from the Perspective of the Public Administration and Everyday Life Practices  (Ulsía Urrea-Mariño)....Pages 701-718
 Sources of Information for the Management of Coastal Territory in Mexico  (Ulsía Urrea-Mariño)....Pages 719-734
 Strategies for the Management of the Marine Shoreline in the Orla Araranguá Project (Santa Catarina, Brazil)  (Samanta C. Cristiano, Luana Portz, Pedro C. Nasser, Adelina C. Pinto, Paulo R. da Silva, Eduardo G. Barboza)....Pages 735-754
 Sustainable Coastal Zone Management Strategies for Unconsolidated Deltaic Odisha, the Northern Part of East Indian Coast  (Nilay Kanti Barman)....Pages 755-778
Front Matter ....Pages 779-779
 State-of-the-Art Beach Environmental Quality from the Tree of Science Platform  (Camilo M. Botero, Omar Cervantes, Charles W. Finkl)....Pages 781-793
 Beach Litter Characteristics Along the Moroccan Mediterranean Coast: Implications for Coastal Zone Management  (D. Nachite, F. Maziane, G. Anfuso, A. Macias)....Pages 795-819
 Beach Sand Quality and Its Associated Health Effects of Port Dickson Beaches (Malaysia): An Analysis of Beach Management Framework  (Sarva Mangala Praveena, Siti Shafiqa Shamira, Ahmad Zaharin Aris)....Pages 821-829
 Environmental and Health Risk by the Presence of Parasites in the Sand of Cartagena Beaches  (Ganiveth Manjarrez-Paba, Jorge Iván Blanco Herrera, Betsy Paola González Arrunategui)....Pages 831-844
 Temporal Space Behavior of Three Environmental Quality Determinants from Touristic Beaches in Cartagena, Colombia  (Juan Carlos Valdelamar Villegas, Kevin Andrade-Quintero, Claudia Díaz-Mendoza, Ganiveth Manjarrez-Paba)....Pages 845-858
Front Matter ....Pages 859-859
 State-of-the-Art Users’ Perception on Beaches from the Tree of Science Platform  (Omar Cervantes, Camilo M. Botero, Charles W. Finkl)....Pages 861-873
 Integrating Social Perceptions in Beach Management  (Elisabet Roca, Míriam Villares)....Pages 875-893
 Recreational Preferences of Estonian Coastal Landscapes and Willingness-to-Pay in Comparison – A Good Tool for Creating National Beach Management Strategy  (Mart Reimann, Üllas Ehrlich, Hannes Tõnisson)....Pages 895-912
 User’s Perception of Beach Characteristics and Management in Summer and Autumn Seasons: The Case of Gran Canaria Island (Spain)  (Carolina Peña-Alonso, Eduard Ariza, Luis Hernández-Calvento)....Pages 913-932
 Utility of Users Data and Their Support for Differential Beach Management in South Africa  (Serena Lucrezi, Linda-Louise Geldenhuys, Peet Van der Merwe, Melville Saayman)....Pages 933-960