Fieldwork and research for Crowded Coasts

Mapping the location of tourist attractions- This allows you to see where the tourist attractions are located which allows you to see whether they are located in one area or all around. Surveys of the age of buildings- This allows you to see the growth of the place and the pattern. Carrying out pedestrian count, traffic flow and car parking surveys conducted in and out of season- This allows you to look at the infrastructure and whether the tourism is seasonal. and use surveys- To do this you use a large scale base map and give the buildings different codes depending on what they are. This can tell you about what the area is like and where things are located. Census data- This allows you to see the population number and if it has changed. !ld pictures and maps- This can allow you to work out the rate of erosion and also if the land use has changed. !ld newspapers- This can tell you if things have happened in the area or changed. "t can also tell you if the management techni#ues have been successful or if any have been put in.

 $uestionnaires- %ou should use open #uestions and ask at different times of the day and year. "t can tell you people&s views and ideas. 'each pollution surveys- %ou can do these to work out the state of the beach. "f there is less litter then the beach has a better #uality than if there is a lot.

www.blueflag.org ( This can tell you the #uality of beaches and compare them to other beaches in the )*.

'iodiversity+ species survey- ,oing this allows you to see the biodiversity of the area and be able to work out if it is a high value coast due to this. Scoring an area on aesthetics, biodiversity, amenity and vulnerability on a scale of - to . with . being great value. Find out the ways the area is affected by human activities /valuate the degree of environmental damage. 'ipolar analysis- This allows you to give a score from -0 to 0 with -0 being negative and 0 being positive. Cost benefit analysis- This allows you to see whether areas are high value or not. This is used when deciding management techni#ues.