TY - JOUR
T1 - 25 Years of Beach Carrying Capacity in Portugal
T2 - A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place?
AU - Da Silva, Carlos Pereira
AU - Fonseca, Catarina
AU - Mendes, Ricardo Nogueira
N1 - UIDB/04647/2020
UIDP/04647/2020
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Pereira da Silva, C.; Fonseca, C., and Nogueira Mendes, R., 2020. 25 years of beach carrying capacity in Portugal: A place for everything and everything in its place? In: Malvárez, G. and Navas, F. (eds.), Global Coastal Issues of 2020. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 95, pp. 920-924. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. In Portugal, the concept of beach carrying capacity was introduced in 1993, with the Shoreline Management Plans. From the Portuguese experience of the last 25 years, a review of the concept is discussed; it's evolution and implementation, the challenges drawn from the practice, highlighting recommendations for future use. Despite some methodological weaknesses, the application of the carrying capacity concept contributed significantly to the better quality that most of the Portuguese beaches have nowadays, particularly to the improvement of a range of aspects like safety, infrastructures, accessibility, parking facilities. However, there are still a few issues that can be developed to make this concept more effective, like replacing the idea of a precise number by a threshold that should be used in a flexible way, adapted to any specific site conditions.
AB - Pereira da Silva, C.; Fonseca, C., and Nogueira Mendes, R., 2020. 25 years of beach carrying capacity in Portugal: A place for everything and everything in its place? In: Malvárez, G. and Navas, F. (eds.), Global Coastal Issues of 2020. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 95, pp. 920-924. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. In Portugal, the concept of beach carrying capacity was introduced in 1993, with the Shoreline Management Plans. From the Portuguese experience of the last 25 years, a review of the concept is discussed; it's evolution and implementation, the challenges drawn from the practice, highlighting recommendations for future use. Despite some methodological weaknesses, the application of the carrying capacity concept contributed significantly to the better quality that most of the Portuguese beaches have nowadays, particularly to the improvement of a range of aspects like safety, infrastructures, accessibility, parking facilities. However, there are still a few issues that can be developed to make this concept more effective, like replacing the idea of a precise number by a threshold that should be used in a flexible way, adapted to any specific site conditions.
KW - Beach management
KW - beach use
KW - coastal planning
KW - tourism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085500391&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2112/SI95-179.1
DO - 10.2112/SI95-179.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085500391
SN - 0749-0208
VL - 95
SP - 920
EP - 924
JO - Journal Of Coastal Research
JF - Journal Of Coastal Research
IS - sp1
ER -