Proposal for an integral quality index for urban and urbanized beaches

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 998-1013

  Ariza, Eduard ^a   Jimenez, Jose A ^b   Sarda, Rafael ^a   Villares, Miriam ^b   Pinto, Josep ^c   Fraguell, Rosa ^c   Roca, Elisabet ^b   Marti, Carolina ^c   Valdemoro, Herminia ^b   Ballester, Ramon ^c   Fluvia, Modest ^c  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beach management; Function analysis; Indicators; Integral quality; Multi criteria analysis

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROCESS; COMPOSITE INDEX; EROSION PROBLEM; FUNCTION ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL MANAGEMENT; INDICATORS; MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; NEW TOOLS; OVERALL QUALITY; QUALITY INDICES; USER DEMANDS;

BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EROSION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN AREA;

BEACH QUALITY INDEX; BEACH SAFETY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL QUALITY INDEX; REVIEW; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

BATHING BEACHES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URBANIZATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77952876115     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9472-8     Document Type: Review

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