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Monitoring of shoreline changes and their implications for tourism: The case of the Litoral Norte Natural Park (Esposende, Portugal)
| Resumo: | Portuguese coastal zones are territories of great diversity but are subject to accelerated coastal dynamics. Recent and current coastline changes consist of erosive processes that cause the coastline to retreat and that become increasingly intense. These changes directly impact the natural resources that support sun and sea tourism, nautical tourism, health and wellness tourism and, especially, nature-based tourism. We selected the Litoral Norte Natural Park (PNLN) as a case study. As part of the CLICTOUR project, we sought to understand the coastline changes that occurred between 2010 and 2022, as well as the immediate and future impacts on the tourism sector for the territory, in general, and for the PNLN, in particular. This study focuses on the quantification of shoreline and dune morphology changes obtained with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and other remotely sensed data. The aerial images and the DEM obtained were analysed using ArcGIS. The calculation of shoreline changes was evaluated using statistical rates with the DSAS, and the morphological changes in sandy dunes were analysed with topographic data. The results were then compared to the existing tourism offer to evaluate the impacts of the sea level rise on bathing and nature tourism in this region. |
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| Autores principais: | Vieira, António |
| Outros Autores: | Bento-Gonçalves, António; Novais, Jorge Leandro Ramalho; Silva, Sara Catarina Gomes da; Folharini, Saulo Oliveira; Marques, Tiago Alexandre Ribeiro de |
| Assunto: | Monitoring Shoreline changes Sustainable tourism Climate change Litoral Norte Natural Park Portugal Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente Ação climática Proteger a vida terrestre |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | capítulo de livro |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | Portuguese coastal zones are territories of great diversity but are subject to accelerated coastal dynamics. Recent and current coastline changes consist of erosive processes that cause the coastline to retreat and that become increasingly intense. These changes directly impact the natural resources that support sun and sea tourism, nautical tourism, health and wellness tourism and, especially, nature-based tourism. We selected the Litoral Norte Natural Park (PNLN) as a case study. As part of the CLICTOUR project, we sought to understand the coastline changes that occurred between 2010 and 2022, as well as the immediate and future impacts on the tourism sector for the territory, in general, and for the PNLN, in particular. This study focuses on the quantification of shoreline and dune morphology changes obtained with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and other remotely sensed data. The aerial images and the DEM obtained were analysed using ArcGIS. The calculation of shoreline changes was evaluated using statistical rates with the DSAS, and the morphological changes in sandy dunes were analysed with topographic data. The results were then compared to the existing tourism offer to evaluate the impacts of the sea level rise on bathing and nature tourism in this region. |
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