1998 Volume 10 Issue 1 Pages 79-88
Creating a concept of beach use planning is something of an art. A difficulty exists in evaluating the atmosphere and physical characteristics of beach for activities. Under this background, we proposed a model of users'evaluation structure which tells us the level of beach potential for recreational use characterized by physical conditions of the beach. This model, however, cannot deal with other important factors including geographical and social conditions surrounding the beach use.
This paper aims to develop a planning method for selecting development site, major user group, and major activity type in recreational beach use. This method takes into consideration not only the physical characteristics of beach but also the surrounding social and geographical conditions and the level of service of the facilities supporting the beach use. An illustrative example demonstrates the usefulness of proposed method.
