Beach Management Tools - Concepts, Methodologies and Case Studies

Part I. Ecosystem Management Tools

1. State-of-the-Art Beach Ecosystem Management from the Tree of Science Platform
Omar Cervantes, Camilo M. Botero, Charles W. Finkl

2. A DEcision MAking (DEMA) Tool to Be Used in Ecosystem-Based Management System (EBMS) Applications
Rafael Sardá, Juan Pablo Lozoya Azcárate

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Evolutional Trends and the Current Management of the Beach-Dune Systems Along the Western Polish Coast (Southern Baltic Sea)
Leszek J. Kaszubowski

7. Recreational Beaches as Factors of Involvement in a Coral Community: Colima Case Study
Marco Agustín Liñán-Cabello, Jesús Emilio Michel-Morfin

8. Spatially Explicit Models in Local Dynamics Analysis: The Potential Natural Vegetation (PNV) as aTool for Beach and Coastal Management
Francisco Gutierres, Pedro Gomes, Jorge Rocha, Ana Cláudia Teodoro

Part II. Geomorphology Tools

9. State-of-the-Art Beach Geomorphology from the Tree of Science Platform
Omar Cervantes, Camilo M. Botero, Charles W. Finkl

10. A Hybrid CA-ANN-Fuzzy Model for Simulating Coastal Changing Patterns
Jorge Rocha, Francisco Gutierres, Pedro Gomes, Ana Cláudia Teodoro

11. Assessing Shoreline Change Rates in Mediterranean Beaches
Fernando J. Aguilar, Ismael Fernández, Manuel A. Aguilar, Andrés M. García Lorca

12. 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

13. 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

14. Mexican Beach Sands: Composition and Vulnerability
Arturo Carranza-Edwards, Leticia Rosales-Hoz

15. Nourishing Tourist Beaches
Enzo Pranzini, Giorgio Anfuso, Camilo M. Botero

16. 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

Part III. Risk Management Tools

17. State-of-the-Art Users’ Risk Assessment on Beaches from the Tree of Science Platform
Omar Cervantes, Camilo M. Botero, Charles W. Finkl

18. Assessment of Potential Impacts in Tourism of the Increase in the Average Sea Level
Pedro Gomes, Francisco Gutierres, Jorge Rocha, Ana Cláudia Teodoro

19. 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

20. Beach Safety Management
Enzo Pranzini, Giorgio Pezzini, Giorgio Anfuso, Camilo M. Botero

21. 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

22. Management Tools for Safety in Costa Rica Beaches
Isabel Arozarena Llopis, Alejandro Gutiérrez Echeverría

23. 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

24. Seawalls and Signage: How Beach Access Management Affects Rip Current Safety
Sarah Trimble, Chris Houser

Part IV. Innovative Tools

25. State-of-the-Art Innovative Beach Management Tools from the Tree of Science Platform
Camilo M. Botero, Omar Cervantes, Charles W. Finkl

26. 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

27. Counting Beach Visitors: Tools, Methods and Management Applications
Damian Morgan

28. Remote Sensing Data and Image Classification Algorithms in the Identification of Beach Patterns
Ana Cláudia Teodoro, Francisco Gutierres, Pedro Gomes, Jorge Rocha

29. 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

Part V. Governance Tools

30. State-of-the-Art Beach Governance from the Tree of Science Platform
Camilo M. Botero, Omar Cervantes, Charles W. Finkl

31. Beach Management, Beyond the Double Standard for Client Demands and Environmental Sustainability
José R. Dadon

32. 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, Ileana Espejel, Gabriela Vázquez, Jorge López-Portillo

33. 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, Gisela García-Morales, José Alfredo Arreola-Lizárraga, Laura Martínez-Ríos, Alejandra Cortés-Ruíz, Alfredo Ortega-Rubio

34. Pacific Island Beaches: Values, Threats and Rehabilitation
Joanna C. Ellison

35.
Privatization of theMexican Coast, the Case of theMunicipality of Solidaridad, Quintana Roo from the Perspective of thePublic Administration and Everyday Life Practices
Ulsía Urrea-Mariño

36. Sources of Information for the Management of Coastal Territory in Mexico
Ulsía Urrea-Mariño

37. 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. Silva, Eduardo G. Barboza

38. Sustainable Coastal Zone Management Strategies for Unconsolidated Deltaic Odisha, the Northern Part of East Indian Coast
Nilay Kanti Barman

Part VI. Environmental Quality Tools

39. State-of-the-Art Beach Environmental Quality from the Tree of Science Platform
Camilo M. Botero, Omar Cervantes, Charles W. Finkl

40. Beach Litter Characteristics Along the Moroccan Mediterranean Coast: Implications for Coastal Zone Management
D. Nachite, F. Maziane, G. Anfuso, A. Macias

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

Part VII. User’s Perception Tools

44. State-of-the-Art Users’ Perception on Beaches from the Tree of Science Platform
Omar Cervantes, Camilo M. Botero, Charles W. Finkl

45. Integrating Social Perceptions in Beach Management
Elisabet Roca, Míriam Villares

46. 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

47. 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

48. Utility of Users Data and Their Support for Differential Beach Management in South Africa
Serena Lucrezi, Linda-Louise Geldenhuys, Peet Merwe, Melville Saayman

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