Recreation carrying capacity estimations to support beach management at Praia de Faro, Portugal

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1075-1081

  Zacarias, Daniel A ^a   Williams, Allan T ^b   Newton, Alice ^c  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Beach management; Carrying capacity; Praia de Faro; Recreation

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

FARO [FARO (DST)]; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79952705917     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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