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The influence of the environmental status of Casa Caiada and Rio Doce beaches (NE-Brazil) on beaches users

2003; Elsevier BV; Volume: 46; Issue: 11-12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2004.01.002

1873-524X

Luci Cajueiro Carneiro Pereira, José A. Jiménez, Carmen Medeiros, Rauquı́rio Marinho da Costa,

Economic and Environmental Valuation

This paper describes the environmental status and the social perception of Casa Caiada (bay 1) and Rio Doce (bay 2 and bay 3) as a consequence of the several impacts that these beaches have been suffering. The methodology adopted in this work was based on interviews with beach users and direct observations of the physical, biological and human aspects. The obtained result denotes that in Casa Caiada the better beach quality is a consequence of the better water quality, infrastructure and services permitting a higher investment in housing development, recreation, commercialization, fishing, tourism, amongst others. In contrast, northward of Rio Doce (bay 3), the beach has been considered of bad quality for the beach users. In Casa Caiada the users were the most demanding when describing the status of the beach and the necessary changes to mitigate the actual situation. On the other hand, in the most degradated area (bay 3) the users were less demanding when proposing possible changes to improve the beach/water and life quality.