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Coastal vegetation: Patterns in a tourist region

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Title Coastal vegetation: Patterns in a tourist region
 
Creator Jagtap, T.G.
Desai, K.
Rodrigues, R.
 
Subject mangroves
mangrove swamps
dunes
vegetation cover
recreation
tourism
coastal zone management
resource management
 
Description None of the coastal areas under study possess the rich sand dune flora characteristic of an undisturbed beach. The status of dune vegetation in tourism villages has been deteriorating as compared to that in the developing or non-tourist villages. Interactions with elders from the coastal area also reveal that a number of fruit-bearing trees, which were present 20 years ago, have now disappeared. Some isolated specimens are spotted in private compounds. Whereas tourists are attracted to Goa, India mainly due to its natural beauty, efforts to homogenize and produce 'similarity' in tourism destinations destroy the diversity of natural vegetation, with adverse long-term consequences for the industry and the region
 
Date 2008-07-18T05:07:22Z
2008-07-18T05:07:22Z
2003
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Coastal tourism, environment, and sustainable local development, eds. Noronha, L.; Lourenco, N.; Lobo-Ferreira, J.P.; Lleopart, A.; Feoli, E.; Sawkar, K.; Chachadi, A. 131-150p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1217
 
Language en
 
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Publisher Tata Energy Research Institute, India