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Coastal Scenery: An Introduction

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Coastal tourism includes those recreational activities which involve travel away from one’s place of residence which has as their host or focus the coastal zone. This industry necessarily depends on the coastal environment to attract tourists. Excellant scenery is maybe the prime factor considered by a potential tourist when is time to choose a coastal vacation destination. Coastal scenery management, a controlled tourism growth, an enhancing of the product, the constant upgrading of the quality of offer and service, as well a diversified clientele, can be considered as critical points for an ideal tourism development that will satisfy both visitors and those whose livelihood depends on it.

‘Mir hilft der Geist; auf einmal she’ich Rat.

Und schreibe getrost. Im Anfang war die Tat.’

Goethe, Faust Part 1, lines 1236–7

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  1. Departamentos de Física y Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

    Nelson Rangel-Buitrago

  2. Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Swansea, Wales, UK

    Allan T. Williams

  3. CICA NOVA, Nova Universidad de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Allan T. Williams

  4. Department of Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering Division, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

    Ayşen Ergin

  5. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain

    Giorgio Anfuso

  6. Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics, Institute of Earth Systems, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

    Anton Micallef

  7. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Enzo Pranzini

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Rangel-Buitrago, N., Williams, A.T., Ergin, A., Anfuso, G., Micallef, A., Pranzini, E. (2019). Coastal Scenery: An Introduction. In: Rangel-Buitrago, N. (eds) Coastal Scenery. Coastal Research Library, vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78878-4_1

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