Proposal for an Integrated Risk Index for the Planning of Recreational Beaches: Use at Seven Mexican Arid Sites

Journal of Coastal Research, No. 50, 2007

5 Pages Posted: 21 May 2012

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Omar Cervantes

Universidad de Colima

Ileana Espejel

Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC)

A. Espinoza-Tenorio

affiliation not provided to SSRN

I. Popoca

affiliation not provided to SSRN

A. Mejía

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Sheila Delhumeau

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: 2007

Abstract

An integrated risk index has been developed for evaluating tourist and recreational beaches. It includes an index of beach suitability for recreational use, an index measuring the user’s perception and an economic index expressing the monetary value of the beaches. The contamination vulnerability was evaluated with one physical attribute that reflects indirectly the cleaning ability of the water body where the beach is located. Seven beaches in north-western Mexico were evaluated with this index. Two beaches have high recreational values but one is located in a semi-enclosed area with the contamination vulnerability causing the risk index to be high. In contrast, the other high-valued beach is on the open sea; therefore the risk index is medium. Three beaches have medium recreational values but only one has a high risk index because it is in the most enclosed area. Two beaches have low recreational values with one having a medium risk index because it is located in a large bay open to the sea. This model, although proved in arid beaches, can be useful for any other beach (temperate or tropical).

Keywords: user’s perception, beach indexes, contamination weight, beach planning

JEL Classification: Q26

Suggested Citation

Cervantes, Omar and Espejel, Ileana and Espinoza-Tenorio, A. and Popoca, I. and Mejía, A. and Delhumeau, Sheila, Proposal for an Integrated Risk Index for the Planning of Recreational Beaches: Use at Seven Mexican Arid Sites (2007). Journal of Coastal Research, No. 50, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2062999

Omar Cervantes (Contact Author)

Universidad de Colima ( email )

Facultad de Ciencias Marinas
Carr. Manzanillo-Barra de Navidad Km 19.5
Manzanillo, Colima 28860
Mexico
52(314) 3311205 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://www.ucol.mx/docencia/facultades/facimar/

Ileana Espejel

Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC)

Calzada Tecnológico No. 14418
Tijuana, Baja California 22390
Mexico

A. Espinoza-Tenorio

affiliation not provided to SSRN

I. Popoca

affiliation not provided to SSRN

A. Mejía

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Sheila Delhumeau

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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