Theoretical strategy considerations for beach management

Micallef, A.; Williams, A. T.

doi:10.1016/s0964-5691(02)00058-3

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“…Escalating human pressures on sandy beaches in the form of recreational ORV traffic require the development of management responses based on scientifically robust and defensible evidence of ecological impacts (James 2000;Micallef and Williams 2002;Schlacher and others 2006;Schlacher and others 2007b). This evidence is currently not available for whole macrobenthic assemblages -a key ecological component of sandy beaches that is potentially vulnerable to vehicle traffic.…”

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Impacts of Off-Road Vehicles (ORVs) on Macrobenthic Assemblages on Sandy Beaches

Schlacher

Richardson

McLean

2008

Environmental Management

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Sandy beaches are the prime sites for human recreation and underpin many coastal economies and developments. In many coastal areas worldwide, beach recreation relies on the use of off-road vehicles (ORVs) driven on the shore. Yet, the use of ORVs is not universally embraced due to social conflicts with other beach user groups and putative environmental consequences of vehicle traffic on sandy shores. Such ecological impacts of ORVs are, however, poorly understood for endobenthic invertebrates of the intertidal zone seawards of the dunes. Consequently, this study quantified the degree to which assemblages of intertidal beach invertebrates are affected by traffic. The study design comprised a series of temporally replicated spatial contrasts between two reference sites (no ORVs) and two beaches with heavy ORV traffic (in excess of 250,000 vehicles per year) located in SouthEast Queensland, Australia. Macrobenthic assemblages on ORV-impacted beaches had significantly fewer species at substantially reduced densities, resulting in marked shifts in community composition and structure. These shifts were particularly strong on the middle and upper shore where vehicle traffic was concentrated. Strong effects of ORVs were detectable in all seasons, but increased towards the summer months as a result of heavier traffic volumes. This study provides clear evidence that ORVs can have substantial impacts on sandy beach invertebrates that are manifested throughout the whole community.Demonstrating such an ecological impact caused by a single type of human use poses a formidable challenge to management, which needs to develop multi-faceted approaches to balance environmental, social, cultural, and economic arguments in the use of sandy shores, including management of ''beach traffic.''

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Impacts of Off-Road Vehicles (ORVs) on Macrobenthic Assemblages on Sandy Beaches

Schlacher

Richardson

McLean

2008

Environmental Management

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“…To apply effective management practices, scale issues should be clearly defined when the BQI is used (Micallef and Williams 2002). It is important to understand the possible evolution of beach quality during both the bathing season and other periods of the year if the BQI is to be integrated into EMSBs.…”

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Proposal for an Integral Quality Index for Urban and Urbanized Beaches

Ariza

Jiménez

Sardá

et al. 2010

Environmental Management

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A composite index, based on function analysis and including thirteen sub-indices, was developed to assess the overall quality of urban and urbanized beaches in the Mediterranean area. The aggregation of components and sub-indices was based on two questionnaires completed by beach users and experts. Applying the new Beach Quality Index (BQI) demonstrated that the quality of beaches could be improved. In general, the strongest aspects of the beaches assessed were those related to short-term user demand, and the weakest were those related to the consequences of human pressure on the area, in particular, erosion problems. The composite index is intended to be used together with Environmental Management Beach Systems (EMBs) as a hierarchical management scorecard and in monitoring programs. This new tool could also make planning more proactive by synthesizing the state of the most important beach processes.

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“…There has been a lack of scientific interests in the field of beach management (Micallef et al, 2002), despite the fact there are plenty of coastal management books on other related subjects such us engineering, geomorphology, marine biology, and estuary/delta functionality. According to James (2000) beach management requires knowledge of human use of beaches, especially information on any pattern in human frequentation, spatial distribution of beach users, temporal use which are aspects of considerable importance in order to design management models.…”

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“…In spite of the lack of research addressing beach management according to their recreational functions (Micallef et al 2002), over the last few decades, certain quality labels have been implemented based on the inspection of certain pre-established indicators.…”

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Equipamentos para a Educação Ambiental na zona costeira da Euroregião do Eixo Atlântico – Das práticas conservacionistas às sociocríticas

Carvalho¹,

Azeiteiro²,

Cartea³

2011

RGCI

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III AgraïmentsEstem a primers dels 2008. Abans de tancar aquesta etapa i proposar-me nous reptes no puc deixar de mirar enrera i recordar l'immens suport que he rebut de tantíssimes persones. Entre tots heu contribuit a donar forma a aquest projecte i aquestes línies volen fer-vos arribar el meu profund agraïment i la gran satisfacció em queda de què m'hagueu acompanyat durant aquesta llarga travessia.Començo pels meus directors. La Míriam em va iniciar en les ciències socials quan ens vam conèixer en el projecte Eurosion. Gràcies a la seva presència des del bon principi i al seu paper més enllà de lo professional, és en gran part la responsable de què hagi arribat a bon port. El David amb el seu entusiasme i les ganes d'innovar ha sigut un bon estímul.El finançament de la recerca no ha faltat mai gràcies als següents projectes i institucions:-Projecte Europeu Eurosion (2002)(2003)(2004) En aquests projectes he tingut la sort de treballar amb investigadors de diverses disciplines que han enriquit la meva capacitat integradora i m'han acostat a altres llenguatges. Entre ells, no puc deixar de citar a la petita gran familia d'Eurosion: el Jordi, l'Oriol i la Carlota. Del gran col·lectiu que fomava el MevaPlaya vull agraïr especialment les aportacions i critiques del Jose i la complicitat de l'Edu. També, han tingut un gran paper la gran colla d'enquestadors i amicsMireia, Irene, Alba, Martí, Daniela, Sílvia, Montse, Javi, Feliu, Esther-que amb tanta il·lusió es van oferir per ajudar-me a cobrir les platges en tres temporades. Em plau molt haver pogut combinar amistat i feina en diverses ocasions, com en el projecte Messina que vam realitzar conjuntament amb el Gonzalo de qui vaig aprendre sobre multicriteri. L'estudi de la percepció social requereix la disposició desinteressada de molts entrevistats i enquestat als qui vull agrair el temps que em van dedicar, la majoria d'ells amb una gran predisposició. També agrair l'ajuda de la Bet en les transcripcions i la Rosa en la realització d'algunes entrevistes.Per mi, la vessant més afectiva d'aquesta etapa ha estat fonamental i completament imprescindible. Sense dubte, el doctorat no hagués estat el mateix sense la gran companyia dels becaris de l'ICTA amb qui ens hem divertit i també recolçat durant aquest llarg procés. El balanç final és definitivament positiu. Agraeixo als veïns de la ETC-TE que m'hagin acollit como una més i, en particular a l'Alex pel suport cartogràfic.Finalment agrair als meus pares, l'Alba i els amics per ser-hi sempre. Moltes gràcies a tots! IV V AbstractCoasts are some of the most valuable ecosystems on Earth. However, not only coasts hold some of the most biodiverse and productive landscapes but at the same time they are some of the most coveted by humans. Current trends on demographic growth and urbanization indicate that in the near future the anthropic pressure in coastal areas is very likely to intensify. Climate change adds new risks and uncertainties to the dynamics of coastal systems and their management.The management of most Medit...

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Theoretical strategy considerations for beach management

Cited by 87 publications

References 2 publications

Impacts of Off-Road Vehicles (ORVs) on Macrobenthic Assemblages on Sandy Beaches

Impacts of Off-Road Vehicles (ORVs) on Macrobenthic Assemblages on Sandy Beaches

Proposal for an Integral Quality Index for Urban and Urbanized Beaches

Equipamentos para a Educação Ambiental na zona costeira da Euroregião do Eixo Atlântico – Das práticas conservacionistas às sociocríticas

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