Trends in beach utilisation on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, during and after Apartheid

Autor:	Kim Prochazka, Lisa M. Kruger
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	education.field_of_study Ecology Population Cape peninsula Racial group General Medicine Group structure Survey methodology Geography Cape General Earth and Planetary Sciences Travel mode General Agricultural and Biological Sciences education Socioeconomics Recreation General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 56:25-40
ISSN:	2154-0098 0035-919X
DOI:	10.1080/00359190109520453
Popis:	This study examined patterns of recreational beach usage around the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, and how these have changed between the Apartheid and post-Apartheid eras. Two survey methods were employed, namely counts of users and questionnaires. Counts of the numbers of people engaged in different activities were performed on each of 11 beaches on 87 days between May 1995 and May 1996. During this period, 660 beach users were also questioned at 17 beaches. For both sampling methods, the date and weather conditions were noted, as well as the age, gender and racial group of those counted or questioned. Further information gained from the questionnaire surveys included group structure, travel mode and distance, frequency and duration of beach visits, primary attractions of that particular beach and attitudes regarding facilities at that beach. Beach usage has increased proportionally with the rising population of Cape Town over the past decade. Some integration of racial groups was evident, although this ...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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