An overview on metal pollution on touristic sandy beaches: Is the COVID-19 pandemic an opportunity to improve coastal management?

NS Buzzi, MC Menendez, DM Truchet… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
The worldwide spread of the SARS-CoV-2 caused an unprecedented lockdown measures in
most countries with consequences on the world society, economy, and sanitary systems …

Integrating multidisciplinary instruments for assessing coastal vulnerability to erosion and sea level rise: Lessons and challenges from the Adriatic Sea, Italy

D Bonaldo, F Antonioli, R Archetti, A Bezzi… - Journal of Coastal …, 2019 - Springer
The evolution of coastal and transitional environments depends upon the interplay of human
activities and natural drivers, two factors that are strongly connected and many times …

A scientometric review of tourism carrying capacity research: Cooperation, hotspots, and prospect

J Li, G Weng, Y Pan, C Li, N Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
With the emergence of a series of problems in the tourism sustainable development, such as
environmental pollution, landscape destruction, ecological imbalance, and decreased …

The CoastView project: Developing video-derived Coastal State Indicators in support of coastal zone management

M Davidson, M Van Koningsveld, A de Kruif… - Coastal …, 2007 - Elsevier
This contribution outlines the philosophy and procedures adopted in a major European
research project focused on the development of video systems in support of coastal zone …

Design of an index for monitoring the environmental quality of tourist beaches from a holistic approach

C Botero, C Pereira, M Tosic, G Manjarrez - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2015 - Elsevier
Uncontrolled tourism development threatens the fragile equilibrium of coastal ecosystems
and compromises the environmental services they provide. The beach system especially …

[HTML][HTML] Sea Level Rise in Europe: Impacts and consequences

R van de Wal, A Melet, D Bellafiore, P Camus… - State of the …, 2024 - sp.copernicus.org
​​​​​​​ Sea level rise has major impacts in Europe which vary from place to place and
in time, depending on the source of the impacts. Flooding, erosion, and saltwater intrusion …

A critical assessment of beach management on the Catalan coast

E Ariza, JA Jiménez, R Sardá - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2008 - Elsevier
The present status of beach management carried out by the lowest level of administration
(municipalities) along the Catalan coast (NE Spanish Mediterranean) was analysed to …

Estimating the risk of loss of beach recreation value under climate change

A Toimil, P Díaz-Simal, IJ Losada, P Camus - Tourism Management, 2018 - Elsevier
Shoreline recession due to the combined effect of waves, tides and sea level rise is
increasingly becoming a major threat to beaches, one of the main assets of seaside tourist …

Weather and place-based human behavior: recreational preferences and sensitivity

CR De Freitas - International journal of biometeorology, 2015 - Springer
This study examines the links between biometeorological variables and the behavior of
beach recreationists along with their rating of overall weather conditions. To identify and …

Beach carrying capacity assessment through image processing tools for coastal management

MAH Cisneros, NVR Sarmiento, CA Delrieux… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2016 - Elsevier
Coastal environments are spaces where people may develop varied economic and
recreational activities, such as tourism, which usually damage beaches and other natural …