Coastal Erosion: from Coastal Natural Resources Loss to Territorial Imbalances

Isabel Almeida

doi:10.19080/ijesnr.2021.27.556216

Abstract

Coastal Erosion: from Coastal Natural Resources Loss to Territorial Imbalances

Highlights

Perception of coastal erosion risk and loss of coastal natural resourcesThe sociological approach to the exhaustion of natural resources and increased environmental risks seems to have progressively abandoned a holistic and anthropologically negative perspective, derived from Ulrich Beck’s theory of risk society [1]
Adaptive and mitigating policies and solutions are becoming more and more needed, and the predictive models must incorporate human subjectivity and common perception of environmental risks, together with more objective elements on calculating probabilities and the magnitude of potential damage [4]. This incorporation of subjectivity reinforced the attention to local aspects and cultural differences, the patterns of occupation and land use, and populations’ confidence in scientific evaluations and political institutions
In Portugal, the shoreline retreat rates of more than 1m/year are recorded for more than 50% of the sand shores, with locally maximum rates up to 5-10m/year [11]

Summary

Introduction

Perception of coastal erosion risk and loss of coastal natural resourcesThe sociological approach to the exhaustion of natural resources and increased environmental risks seems to have progressively abandoned a holistic and anthropologically negative perspective, derived from Ulrich Beck’s theory of risk society [1]. Adaptive and mitigating policies and solutions are becoming more and more needed, and the predictive models must incorporate human subjectivity and common perception of environmental risks, together with more objective elements on calculating probabilities and the magnitude of potential damage [4]. This incorporation of subjectivity reinforced the attention to local aspects and cultural differences, the patterns of occupation and land use, and populations’ confidence in scientific evaluations and political institutions

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