Assessing carrying capacities of coastal areas

Céline Chadenas (1) , Agnès Pouillaude (2) , Patrick Pottier (1)

1 LETG - Nantes - Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique
2 LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique

This paper provides the methodological framework for carrying capacity assessment through a set of indicators, as implemented in a French case study. The approach aims to help the State and local governments of coastal areas facing population growth and important touristic flows to undergo a local development strategy that does not imperil their territorial strategic resources. This work shows how situations of dysfunction or saturation points have interlinked consequences on environmental, social and economic resources, justifying a crosswise assessment.

Mots clés: "Environmental vulnerability" "Social vulnerability" "Economic vulnerability" "Carrying capacity" "Assessment" "Sustainable tourism"; Environmental vulnerability" "Social vulnerability" "Economic vulnerability" "Carrying capacity" "Assessment" "Sustainable tourism

Domaines: Géographie

Céline Chadenas, Agnès Pouillaude, Patrick Pottier. Assessing carrying capacities of coastal areas. Assessing carrying capacities of coastal areas, Apr 2007, Hammamet, Tunisia. pp.27-34. ⟨hal-00433353⟩