Whether a sunbathing beach in the Mediterranean, a surf beach in Australia, a conservation area in the UK or a wild section of wind-and wave-swept dunes on the Oregon coast, beaches are one of the most widely loved and heavily used and abused areas in the world. Competing social or recreational, economic and conservation uses and the needs of many users make beach management particularly challenging but vitally important. This comprehensive book provides full coverage of beach management principles and practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management. The book comprises two sections. Part one covers beach management principles and theory and addresses practical management tools and guidelines including how to determine the best management strategy for different beach types (linear, pocket, resort, urban, village, rural and remote) as well as how to include user preferences and priorities in effective management plans. The second section provides a wealth of case studies of best and worst practice authored by a cast of international beach management experts 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 including local and regional authorities, planners, park and protected area managers, societies, resort and beach owners and managers.
It is also a comprehensive primer for university undergraduate students in professional planning, land, coastal zone and beach management, coastal geography as well as tourism and conservation planning and management. Contributors Cliff Nelson, Programme Manager Beach and Open Water, Royal Life Saving Society, UK; J.A.G. Cooper & J. McKenna, Centre for Coastal and Marine Research, University of Ulster; Klein, A.H.F.
, Araujo, R.S, Polette, M., Sperb, R.M., Freitas Neto, D., Camargo, J. M., Sprovieri, F.
C., all Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Centro de Ciências da Terra e do Mar, Brazil; F.T. Pinto, Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos da Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal; David T. Tudor, Marine Policy Manager, The Crown Estate, London; Deirdre E. Hart, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha, New Zealand; Enzo Pranzini, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Firenze, Italy; Karl F. Nordstrom, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University; Nancy L. Jackson, Department of Chemistry and Evironmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Harry A.
de Butts, Director of Public Works, Borough of Avalon, NJ; Marcus Polette, University of Vale do Itajaí - UNIVALI, Integrated Coastal Zone Management Laboratory, Brazil; Paul D. Komar, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University.