Climate change impacts tourism, since both supply and demand of tourism services depend
on the quality and the management of a set of environmental attributes. This paper critically …

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognized as sustainable approaches to
address societal challenges. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has benefited by moving away …

Sandy beaches offer invaluable services, the overexploitation of which threatens their
survival. Management responses may be inappropriate, focussing on limited aspects of …

Climate change is one factor increasing the risk of hydro-meteorological hazards globally.
The use of nature-based solutions (NbS), and more specifically ecosystem-based disaster …

Beaches, an important component of coastal tourism resources, are gradually eroding as a
result of environmental pollution, ecological damage, etc., which is ignored by tourists as …

Abstract The Blue Flag is a beach award scheme adopted by coastal municipalities to
manage beaches and attract tourism. This paper evaluates beachgoers' views of the Blue …

Beaches are social–ecological systems where plainly physical, ecological, social and
economic dimensions interact, providing several functions and services leading to improved …

The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) principles in the Mediterranean represent
a guideline identifying an appropriate way of linking environmental best practices to local …

Over the past years, a growing environmental awareness in our society has run parallel with
the development and implementation of environmental management systems in tourism …

The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the economic value related to beach
preservation by elicitation of the willingness to pay (WTP). This analysis is based on the …