Beach Use And User Constraints In The New York City Coastal Region

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• Personal Author:
  Heatwole, Charles A. ; West, Niels
• Corporate Authors:
  New York Sea Grant Institute
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  NYSGI/NYEXT (New York Sea Grant)
• Description:
  Improvements in mass transportation systems, particularly bus service, could even out the current overuse and underuse of beaches in the New York City coastal region. This survey of users of Coney Island, Orchard Beach, Riis Park, Great Kills, and Jones Beach showed that easy access can encourage people to use a beach they had considered undesirable. The survey, administered in the summer of l977, questioned beach users on their transportation mode, the cost of such transportation, their socioeconomic status, perception of the physical environment, and other concerns affecting beach use.
• Keywords:
  Beaches City Planning Coastal Zone Management Recreational Use Social Surveys City Planning Coastal Zone Management Recreational Use Social Surveys
• Series:
  NYSG-RS   80-01
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  NYSGI-T-80-002
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  New York (N.Y.) ; Atlantic coast (N.Y.)
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d66772a0346e0fd5561423a20b3a5c5e1aa19dadf7f6cd0d8c620bb904427a9c
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/43056/noaa_43056_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.13 MB ]