Beach Management Principles and Practice [Hardcover]

This comprehensive book provides full coverage of beach management principles and practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management. The book provides a wealth of case studies from the UK, USA, New Zealand, the Mediterranean, and Latin America.The emphasis throughout the book is on optimizing economic, social and environmental outcomes and reconciling competing needs in management planning for beach area. This book is an indispensable tool kit for all professionals in beach and coastal/beach zone management .It is also a comprehensive primer for university undergraduate students in professional planning, land management, coastal geography as well as tourism and conservation planning and management.1: An Introduction to Beach Management2: Fundamental Concepts of Beach Management3: Theoretical Models for Determining Beach Management Strategy and Management Plan4: Beach Management Guidelines5: Beach User Questionnaire Surveys6: Environmental Risk Management7: Innovative Application of Selected Management Tools to the Beach Environment8: Beach Award and Rating Schemes9: A Bathing Area Registration and Classification Scheme10: Case Studies of Good and Bad Beach Management Practice:a.) Beach Water Safety Managementb.) Managing Cars On Beaches: A Case Study From Irelandc.) Ameliorative Strategies At Balne rio Pi arras Beachd.) From Global To Local - Marine Policy And Legislatione.) River Mouth Lagoon Science And Managementf. ) Protection Studies At Two Recreational Beaches: Poetto And Cala And Gonone Beaches, Sardinia, Italyg.) A Pro-Active Program For Managing Beaches And Dunes On A Developed Coast: A Case Study Of Avalon, New Jersey, Usah.) Analysis On Users' Perception At Praia Central, Balne rio Cambori - (Santa Catarina- Brazil)i.) The Oregon Coast Experience: Good Management But 'Bad Apples' (A Personal Assessment)j.) A Holistic Approach To Beach Management At Cirali Turkey: A Model Of Conservation, Intergrated Management And Sustainable Developmentk.) New DirelÌ