Geospatial analysis of barrier island beach availability to tourists

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 840-854

  Yang, Byungyun ^a   Madden, Marguerite ^a   Kim, Jinwon ^b   Jordan, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach availability; Coastal tourism; GIS; LiDAR; Shoreline change

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL ZONE; GIS; LIDAR; MAPPING; NATURE CONSERVATION; SHORELINE CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; VISUALIZATION;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856471733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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