RT journal article
T1 Andalusia, Spain: An Assessment of Coastal Scenery
A1 Williams, AT
A1 Micallef, A
A1 Anfuso Melfi, Giorgio
A1 Gallego-Fernández, Juan B.
A2 Ciencias de la Tierra
K1 Coastal scenic evaluation
K1 landscape assessment
K1 physical and human parameters
K1 coastal landscape
K1 fuzzy logic assessment (FLA)
AB The 1101 km length of the Andalusian coast (Spain) was assessed for coastalscenery at 45 specific locations. Selected areas covered resort (3), urban (19), village (8), rural(10) and remote (5) bathing areas. Scenery was analyzed for physical and human parameters via26 selected parameters. These parameters were obtained by interviews of 4500 people onEuropean beaches. Each parameter was assessed via a one-to-five-point attribute scale, whichessentially ranged from presence/absence or poor quality (1), to excellent/outstanding (5).Results were subsequently weighted by interviewing 4600 bathing area users (not all 26parameters have equal weight) and subjected to fuzzy logic mathematics in order to reducerecorder subjectivity. High weighted averages for attributes 4 and 5 (excellent/outstanding)reflected high scenic quality, vice versa for attributes 1 and 2. Sites were classified into five classesranging from Class 1 sites having top grade scenery to Class 5, poor scenery. Seven sites eachwere found in Classes 1 and 2; 10 sites each in Classes 3 and 5; 11 sites in Class 4. The finestcoastal scenery was found in remote areas whilst urban areas scored mainly as Class 3 or 4. Threeout of the ten rural sites had Class 3 and 4 values assigned them whereas the rest scored as Class 1and 2; village sites invariably had scores within Class 3 and 4. Of the three resort sitesinvestigated, one scored as a Class 1 site, the others as Class 3.
PB : 	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
SN 0142-6397
YR 2012
FD 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15903
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15903
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026