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Coastal Scenery : Evaluation and Management / edited by Nelson Rangel-Buitrago

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Coastal Research Library ; 26 | SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2019Description: Online-Ressource (XV, 247 p. 198 illus., 91 illus. in color, online resource)ISBN:
  • 9783319788784
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9783319788777 | Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-78877-7 Druck-Ausgabe | Printed edition: 9783319788777 DDC classification:
  • 551.457
LOC classification:
  • GB450-460
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78878-4Online resources: Summary: This book describes an easy to apply methodology to determine the scenic value of a coast. As one of the most critical aspects of beach user choice, the determination of coastal area scenic quality is of primordial importance. This book is, therefore, an extremely useful tool for any coastal lovers, being them users, teachers, researchers, or managers. In particular, this work is the first book to present a semi-quantitative analysis of coastal scenery based on more than 4,000 interviews about people’s desired coastal imaginary. Twenty-six parameters can be used to identify any coastal scene, which have then been sub-divided into five attribute categories, weighted and subjected to fuzzy logic mathematics to obtain a decision number (D). This number D represents the coastal scenery at that point, and Five D classes are then presented (from I-excellent, to V-poor). Heritage areas, like National Parks should lie in Class I, which infers top scenic quality. Over a time span of a decade or so, the authors of this book have assessed more than 900 global locations using the technique given in this book. One of the main aims of this method is to point out how scenic areas may be improved by judicious intervention relating to parameters, mainly anthropogenic, chosen for assessment. The content of this book opens perspectives for analysis of the potential for coastal tourism development in natural areas and for landscape quality improvement in current coastal tourist developed areas. “In a very comprehensive way, this book reviews the main concepts about coastal scenery and through the vast global work experience of the authors, presents different methodologies, as well as introducing a novel methodology, using parameter weightings and fuzzy logic mathematics.” Carlos Pereira da Silva, CICS.NOVA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal “Our lives will be greatly enriched by finding beauty, but we can use help in defining the many ways beauty can be manifested. This book can help us by informing us of the ways landscapes can be viewed and described from many viewpoints to place our own understanding in better perspective.” Karl Nordstrom, Geography Department, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA “How do we define and quantify a coast’s scenic value? This is the book. It begins by defining coastal scenery, then reviews the approaches to quantifying it, followed by a new fuzzy logic approach and examples. It finishes with a chapter on how to manage ...Summary: 1. Introduction -- 2. Can We Evaluate the Scenic Beauty in a Landscape? -- 3. Review of the Existing Landscape Evaluation Techniques -- 4. The Coastal Scenery Evaluation Methodology -- 5. Coastal Scenery Around the World -- 6. Coastal Scenery Management -- 7. Conclusions -- 8. ReferencesPPN: PPN: 1028032463Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-EES | ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXEE
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