engleski

Socio-ecological and Economic Aspect of Beach Management

In the international practice of beach management, valorisation of beaches and their management, acknowledges this resource as a recreational area or a beach as a coastal habitat. Most often, a connection between these two approaches isn’t established and a beach isn’t seen as a public welfare that should be available to everybody under the same conditions. The authors in this paper analyse past experiences and approaches and give review of Croatian experience in this sensitive area. The authors are expounding the period till the 1990s and the transitional period. Past approach to the beach management, due to a slower development, has found a pure coastal area with numerous beaches of top quality and cleanness as well as the sea of the same top quality and cleanness. The transitional period brought some negativity that is result of some capital interests and global economy. The authors emphasize a balanced growth in contrast to an uncontrolled growth in exploiting coastal area. This is essential for beach resources to be used in the measure necessary for their renewal. In connection to the above mentioned, the aim of this work is to define carrying capacity of beaches and propose measures and mechanism for their protection and preservation.

beaches; resources; public welfare; protection; globalisation; economic effects

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