The importance of user's perception for beach management

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 56, 2009, Pages 1164-1168

  Vaz, Bruno ^a   Williams, Allan T ^b   Da Silva, Carlos Pereira ^a   Phillips, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach aspects; Beach management; Beach perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956042112     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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