De la Recuperación Ambiental de Sistemas Playa-Duna en Período de Confinamiento por COVID-19, al Retorno de la Mala Praxis de Gestión de Playas en Período de Desconfinamiento: los Casos de Cataluña y las Islas Baleares, España
The current sanitary crisis caused by the rapid expansion of the COVID-19 disease offered the possibility of giving respite to the dune systems and allowing their natural regeneration after the effects of the storm Gloria. This storm affected the Levantine and Balearic coast between January 21 and 2...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repository: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:10256/22546 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10256/22546 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Dunes -- Aspectes ambientals -- Illes Balears Sand dunes -- Environmental aspects -- Balearic Islands Dunes -- Aspectes ambientals -- Catalunya Sand dunes -- Environmental aspects -- Catalonia Platges -- Gestió -- Illes Balears Beaches -- Management -- Balearic Islands Platges -- Gestió -- Catalunya Beaches -- Management -- Catalonia |
| Summary: | The current sanitary crisis caused by the rapid expansion of the COVID-19 disease offered the possibility of giving respite to the dune systems and allowing their natural regeneration after the effects of the storm Gloria. This storm affected the Levantine and Balearic coast between January 21 and 23, and when some systems began to recover, the hard management of the coast, compromised again the integrity of the dune systems. The urgency to have the systems "ready" for consumption and exploitation moves away from the concept of sustainable tourism management and does not contribute to adaptation to climate change. In this work, we point out some management actions on emerged beaches that have taken place during the lockdown and deconfinement. We focus on three management actions that reveal malpractice, such as levelling and mechanical cleaning, the construction of breakwaters and the removal of Posidonia oceanica. For this, several case studies that represent some of the most well preserved beachdune systems in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands have been chosen |
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