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BEACH NOURISHMENT AT PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA: ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION
| Title: | BEACH NOURISHMENT AT PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA: ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION. |
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| Name(s): | Montgomery, Marilyn Christina, Author | |
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2007 | |
| Publisher: | University of West Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | To assess perceptions of beach users at Pensacola Beach, Florida, survey interviews were conducted in summer 2006. Based on a Likert scale of agreeability, Pensacola Beach users identified those characteristics of the beach most important to them, and described the importance of beach width, sand dunes and beach nourishment. Relationships between demographic information and responses to Likert-scale items were analyzed, as well as relationships between responses to Likert-scale items. It was found that respondents valued sand dunes more than beach width and approved of beach nourishment at Pensacola Beach as a means to address coastal erosion. However, respondents were less likely to say that they approved of the effectiveness of beach nourishment for protection of the island from hurricane-induced damage. Beach users also felt that beach nourishment was important to the economy of the beach, and identified some general problems they had with Pensacola Beach, such as litter and lack of parking. | |
| Identifier: | WFE0000011 (IID), uwf:60727 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
M.S. Department of Environmental Studies Masters |
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| Subject(s): | perception, survey, nourishment, Pensacola Beach, public opinion | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/WFE0000011 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2008-04-18 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | UWF |
