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(2003), Sustainable tourism in Andalucia Wong (2003), Coastal
erosion in South East Asia
Human-environment interactions
within coastal environments
Edwards (1987), Ecological impacts of tourism on heritage
coasts in the UK R.Carter et al. (1990), Man's impact on the
Irish coastline McDowell et al. (1990), Man's impact on the
Costa del Sol Catto (2002), Anthropogenic pressure on coastal
dunes
Management and planning of
coastal areas for recreation and
tourism
Pearce and Kirk (1986), Carrying capacity for coastal tourism
R.Carter (1988), The coastline as an area to manage for
recreation and tourism
Ghelardoni (1990), Planning the Aquitaine coastline in France
for tourism Nielsen (1990), Constructing a recreational beach in
Denmark K.Nichols (1999), Integrated coastal management
Other contributions
Dumas (1982), The commercial structure of Benidorm Penning-
Rowsell et al. (1992), Economics of coastal management Kim
and Kim (1996), Overview of coastal and marine tourism in
Korea
of the processes affecting vulnerable coastal environments. This has been complemented
by studies of the pattern and impact of resort development which raises important
conservation issues associated with the human-environment interactions in these
environments. Finally, geographers have also made useful contributions to the policy,
planning and management of coastal environments. But what marks this area out in the
geography of recreation and tourism is the sparse nature of these studies within the
mainstream literature, with the entire theme seeming almost unfashionable and
knowledge often being based on findings from studies published in the 1960s, 1970s and
1980s, despite the significance of Fabbri's (1990) and Wong's (1993b) collection of
papers on the topic by geographers and non-geographers. As a result, the following
section examines the different contributions geographers have made and the significance
to increasing our knowledge of the coast in the formation of distinct leisure and tourism
geographies.
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF RECREATION AND TOURISM IN
THE COASTAL ZONE
In many geographical analyses of recreation (e.g. Lavery 1971c; Patmore 1973, 1983)
and tourism (e.g. Towner 1996; S.Williams 1998), the English seaside resort is a popular
topic for discussion. Indeed, A.M.Williams and Shaw's (1998) interesting analysis of the
rise and fall of the English seaside or coastal resort examined two principal concerns of
the historical geographer and contemporary tourism geographer: continuity and change in
the development, organisation and prospects for the resort. Most analyses of the English
seaside resort by geographers (e.g. Patmore 1968) refer to the seminal studies by
E.W.Gilbert (1939, 1949) and the doctoral thesis by Barrett (1958). Despite these
influential studies, the most notable contributions to the analysis of English resorts came
from the social and economic historians, such as Walton (1983) and the geographical
analysis by Towner (1996). What these studies emphasise are the role of historical
