Educating citizens about their coastal environments: Beach profiling in the Coastwatch project

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 567-574

  Ferreira, Maria Adelaide ^a   Soares, Lurdes ^b   Andrade, Francisco ^c  

^a Instituto do Mar   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Beach dynamics; Beach profiling; Citizen science; Community based monitoring; Environmental education; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; TEACHING;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84870289566     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-012-0203-6     Document Type: Article

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