A coastal classification : a first step for a better coastal management system in Yucatan
Ihl, Thomas ... [et al.]
The coastal areas are very high-dynamic regions. No other landscape unit is eternally affected and permanently formed by geomorphologic processes as the littoral. Furthermore coastal area occur frequently natural hazards. If hurricanes, storm surges, floods etc. happen, they will get stuck as natural disaster in our all memory. Coastal erosion itself is not necessarily a disastrous phenomenon, but problems occur when erosion processes and human activity come into conflict. World-wide increases the dimension and density of human occupation of shorelines and the vulnerability of the littoral. This necessitate a better management polices imperative. One basic step of a coastal management system is a complete homogenized classification of the coast of Yucatan. The first results of a section are presented in this article.
Event: XXIII International FIG Congress : Shaping the change
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