RT journal article
T1 Assessing and managing scenery of the Caribbean Coast of Colombia
A1 Rangel-Buitrago, N
A1 Correa, I
A1 Anfuso Melfi, Giorgio
A1 Ergin, A
A1 Williams, AT
A2 Ciencias de la Tierra
K1 Littoral
K1 Coastal tourism
K1 Scenery assessment
K1 Physical and human parameters
K1 Fuzzy logic
K1 Colombia
AB This study provides the coastal scenery assessment of 135 sites along the Colombian Caribbean littoral byanalysing 26 physical and human factors. Sites were categorised into five classes from Class 1, top gradescenery, to Class 5, poor scenery. Fifty five percent of the investigated coastal areas were included inClasses 1 and 2, 18% belonged to Class 3 and 47% of the sites fall into Classes 4 and 5. Classification ofanalysed sites depends on the geological setting and the degree of human occupation. Classes 1 and 2sites are located in natural protected areas in La Guajira and Magdalena departments. Low classificationrecorded at Classes 3, 4 and 5 corresponds to a progressive decrease of both natural and (especially)human parameters. Concerning coastal management issues, emphasis should be given to the upgradingof human parameters eliminating litter and sewage evidences, vegetation debris and enhancing beachnourishment works
PB Elsevier
SN 0261-5177
YR 2013
FD 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15899
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15899
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 14-nov-2026