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Conference proceeding
Recreational urbanization and shoreline modification along the north coast of Yucatán, Mexico
Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference of The Coastal Society: Coasts at the Millennium: Portland, OR, pp.351-357
Coasts at tire Millennium: 17th International Conference of Tire Coastal Society (Portland, OR, 07/09/2000–07/12/2000)
2000
Abstract
The north coast of Yucatan has been a beach destination for domestic tourists from Merida, the state capital, since the 1880s. As a 20-km stretch of coast evolved into a contiguous urban zone of beachfront summer homes during the 1950s and 1960s, shoreline erosion became an increasing problem, especially west of Progreso where extensive port and harbor construction had taken place. Property owners responded by constructing groins, which accelerated the problem of downdrift erosion and, in tum, stimulated ever more groin construction. By late 1980s, the shoreline west of Progreso became very degraded as a result of human-induced erosion and futile efforts at combating it. During the 1990s the locus of groin-building shifted to the east where the coast historically had been fairly pristine. Most of the groin construction was (and is) attributed to misguided efforts by second-home owners to stabilize a shoreline that naturally fluctuates in position.
Details
- Title
- Recreational urbanization and shoreline modification along the north coast of Yucatán, Mexico
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference of The Coastal Society: Coasts at the Millennium: Portland, OR, pp.351-357
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Conference
- Coasts at tire Millennium: 17th International Conference of Tire Coastal Society (Portland, OR, 07/09/2000–07/12/2000)
- Publisher
- Coastal Society; Alexandria, VA
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- @ 2000 The Coast Society
- Identifiers
- 99380090639406600
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English