Tourism and managing the coast: a review of recent meetings

Abstract

At the beginning of June 1993, the Holbeck Hotel in Scarborough, UK collapsed seawards amidst considerable media coverage of the landslide and the problems of coastal erosion threatening the east coast of England. It was a very public reminder of the problems of coastal management which face many British resorts. That the problem is not simply one of erosion is demonstrated by the flurry of symposia and conferences in the few months since the House of Commons Select Committee reported on coastal zone planning and protection, and a European Community Resolution of February 1992 proposed that there should be greater emphasis on integrated management of the coastal zone.