Decadal evolution of coastline armouring along the Mediterranean Andalusia littoral (South of Spain)

Manno, Giorgio; Anfuso, Giorgio; Messina, Enrica; Williams, A. T.; Suffo, Miguel; Liguori, Vincenzo

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.02.007

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“…The development of sun and beach tourism later dedicated coastal areas to local tourists, but also to foreigners in search of warmer temperatures. The democratization of access to tourism has popularized mass tourism on the beaches of the Mediterranean in Europe since the 60s [4,5]. This phenomenon has, on many occasions, shown important signs of unsustainability in its behaviour in the last decades [6].…”

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Urban Transformations as an Indicator of Unsustainability in the P2P Mass Tourism Phenomenon: The Airbnb Case in Spain through Three Case Studies

García-Ayllón

2018

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Globalization and the development of the so-called "collaborative economies" has coincided with an important transformation of mass tourism in the last decades. This phenomenon has been accentuated enormously in many European cities in recent years, generating a new P2P tourist model. The situation is having a strong social impact on the urban transformation of cities, and its characteristics are closely related to real estate speculative movements. In this sense, the analysis of urban transformation can offer interesting conclusions about the sustainability of these new tourist models in large touristic cities. In this article, we will analyse the effect associated with of so-called phenomena of "tourist flats" from the Airbnb portal in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, and Palma de Mallorca. Through the use of GIS indicators and geostatistic analysis of spatial correlation, the current incidence of this phenomenon in these cities, and possible future scenarios of maintaining the current trend, will be evaluated and discussed. The results obtained show worrying indicators in relation to the economic and social sustainability of the current urban-tourist model created in the city which are linked to gentrification processes.

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“…This indicator seeks to analyse, in a comparative way, the spatial behaviour between different cities. In order to carry out this evaluation, values from the Idealista.com web portal for 3 May, 2018 have been compiled and geolocated to obtain average values according to (4).…”

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Urban Transformations as an Indicator of Unsustainability in the P2P Mass Tourism Phenomenon: The Airbnb Case in Spain through Three Case Studies

García-Ayllón

2018

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“…The poverty of scenic value in Costa del Sol is due to the heavy urbanization that has been recorded since the 1970s that produced the destruction of natural habitats [51].…”

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“…Information can be used to limit and prevent environmental degradation essentially linked to coastal urbanization [45,51], but also to suggest measures to improve the scenic value and the sustainable usage of investigated sites. …”

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Management Implications for the Most Attractive Scenic Sites along the Andalusia Coast (SW Spain)

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A coastal scenery assessment was carried out at 50 sites along the 910 km long Andalusia coast (SW Spain) using a checklist of 26 natural and human parameters, parameter weighting matrices, and fuzzy logic. A scenic classification was utilised that can rate sites as Class I (natural areas of great scenic beauty) to Class V (urbanised areas of poor scenic interest), but, for this study, only natural sites of great scenic value were investigated; 41 sites were included in Class I, 9 in Class II and, apart from four, all of the sites were under some feature of protection-managed by the Andalusia Environmental Agency (RENPA, in Spanish). Sites belong to the Natural Park Cabo de Gata-Nijar (24% of sites), the Natural Park of Gibraltar Strait (18%), the Natural Place Acantilado de Maro-Cerro Gordo (12%), and the Natural and National parks of Doñana (8%). Results obtained by means of scenic evaluation constitute a sound scientific basis for any envisaged management plan for investigated coastal areas preservation/conservation and responsible future developments, especially for natural protected areas, which represent the most attractive coastal tourist destinations. With respect to natural parameters, excellent scenic values appeared to be linked to the geological setting and the presence of mountainous landscapes related to the Betic Chain. Human parameters usually show good scores because null or extremely reduced human impacts are recorded, but, at places, conflicts arose between conservation and recreational activities because visitors are often interested in beach activities more so than ecotourism. Low scores of human parameters were often related to litter presence or the unsuitable emplacement of utilities, such as informative panels, litter bins, etc.

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“…In the last few decades, most of these beaches have been subjected to demographic growth from increasing tourism and commercial activities (Cooper et al, 2009). To support these activities, new defence structures have been built along some beaches, and although these structures have reduced local erosive effects, they have also increased erosion on neighboring coasts (e.g., Griggs, 2005;Stancheva et al, 2011;Manno et al, 2016). Coastal erosion is a relevant problem that involves both socioeconomic resources and private properties, and its assessment has long been an issue of international interest involving political decision-makers and researchers (Douglas and Crowell, 2000;Phillips and Jones, 2006;Anfuso et al, 2011;Rangel Buitrago and Anfuso, 2015).…”

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Uncertainties in shoreline position analysis: the role of run-up and tide in a gentle slope beach

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Ciraolo

2017

Ocean Sci.

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Abstract. In recent decades in the Mediterranean Sea, high anthropic pressure from increasing economic and touristic development has affected several coastal areas. Today the erosion phenomena threaten human activities and existing structures, and interdisciplinary studies are needed to better understand actual coastal dynamics. Beach evolution analysis can be conducted using GIS methodologies, such as the well-known Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS), in which error assessment based on shoreline positioning plays a significant role. In this study, a new approach is proposed to estimate the positioning errors due to tide and wave run-up influence. To improve the assessment of the wave run-up uncertainty, a spectral numerical model was used to propagate waves from deep to intermediate water and a Boussinesqtype model for intermediate water up to the swash zone. Tide effects on the uncertainty of shoreline position were evaluated using data collected by a nearby tide gauge. The proposed methodology was applied to an unprotected, dissipative Sicilian beach far from harbors and subjected to intense human activities over the last 20 years. The results show wave run-up and tide errors ranging from 0.12 to 4.5 m and from 1.20 to 1.39 m, respectively.

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Decadal evolution of coastline armouring along the Mediterranean Andalusia littoral (South of Spain)

Cited by 58 publications

References 23 publications

Urban Transformations as an Indicator of Unsustainability in the P2P Mass Tourism Phenomenon: The Airbnb Case in Spain through Three Case Studies

Urban Transformations as an Indicator of Unsustainability in the P2P Mass Tourism Phenomenon: The Airbnb Case in Spain through Three Case Studies

Management Implications for the Most Attractive Scenic Sites along the Andalusia Coast (SW Spain)

Uncertainties in shoreline position analysis: the role of run-up and tide in a gentle slope beach

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