Methods Report: Water Access Infrastructure in Coastal Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Beauvais, Jeffrey ; Fobia, Aleia ; Gonyo, Sarah
• Corporate Authors:
  National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) ; CSS, Inc.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
• Description:
  Coastal environments provide numerous ecosystem services including provision of seafood for consumption and commercial use, outdoor recreation, and continuity of cultural practices. Access to these services is determined by the availability of infrastructure that allows people to enter the water and engage in marine activities. Such infrastructure includes docks, boat landings (ramps), marinas, and piers. These types of structures are referred to here as “water access infrastructure” (WAI). This study developed a dataset of WAI available to the public across the entire Virginia coastal region as of 2025.
• Keywords:
  Coastal Zone Management Harbors Coastal Zone Management
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/gn18-zd21
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Non-series Report
• Place as Subject:
  Atlantic Coast (Va.)
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fe2faba1df002dc2aca205eff9cf5e90a4b3fd292514441d32d5d91e50b7571d20a0507e8f34d519d947b42b10466ba651459e4d2b2a9a59d659e60644a3ef95
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/72421/noaa_72421_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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