Tourism development on the north Yucatan coast : human response to shoreline erosion and hurricanes in Caribbean hurricanes.
Action anthropique ; Erosion ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Ligne de rivage ; Littoral ; Mexique ; Ouragan ; Risque naturel ; Tourisme ; Urbanisation ; Yucatan
It is the aim of this paper to present a brief background of human occupation of the fragile coastal environment of north Yucatan, in particular the impact of tourism development. Both the physical and cultural landscapes of the N Yucatan coast
are distinct from those of the E coast of Yucatan, and this may explain differences in both the impacts of and recovery rates from Hurricane Gilbert.