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- Title
Use and Occupation of Olinda Littoral (NE, Brazil): Guidelines for an Integrated Coastal Management.
- Authors
Pereira, Luci; Jiménez, José; Medeiros, Carmen; Marinho da Costa, Rauquírio
- Abstract
Located on the northeast Brazilian coast, Olinda is one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites, which is economically dependent on tourism, commerce, industry, and the informal economy. Despite its environmental and socioeconomic importance, the city of Olinda (understanding the coast as part of it) has suffered several environmental and human disturbances over the last decades. This work describes the environmental and social status of Olinda’s beaches and makes recommendations concerning the development of an Integrated Coastal Management Plan for this coastal zone of the Brazilian littoral. The methodology adopted in this study is based on field campaigns (social, physical, chemical, and biological data collection), local observations, and the collection of sea contention building project data from city hall. The results showed that along the seven studied beaches, the main problems were related to the: (i) building of coastal protections, (ii) inefficient sewage disposal systems, (iii) inefficient urban management, and (iv) natural events (equinoctial spring tides and precipitation/evaporation rates). Casa Caiada beach showed the best hydrologic conditions as a consequence of its morphology and it presents facilities that attract housing and recreation investments (by private and public sectors) valuing and improving local use conditions. The obtained data showed that the studied beaches need an urgent action plan to minimize the environmental degradation of Olinda’s littoral and to promote sustainable development of the local coastal environments.
- Subjects
OLINDA (Brazil); BRAZIL; UNESCO; WORLD Heritage Sites; TOURISM &; the environment; COMMERCE &; the environment; INDUSTRY &; the environment; ECOLOGICAL disturbances; BEACHES; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE &; the environment; TIDES
- Publication
Environmental Management, 2007, Vol 40, Issue 2, p210
- ISSN
0364-152X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00267-005-0281-4