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dc.contributor.authorRaybould, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMules, Trevor
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-13T05:49:07Z
dc.date.available2020-01-13T05:49:07Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.issn13548166
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/120342
dc.description.abstractOcean beaches are a valuable recreation asset for local residents and tourists, and beachside communities throughout the world have adopted a variety of engineering strategies to protect this asset from the natural forces of erosion. Increasingly the proponents of such schemes are expected to demonstrate the economic benefits of these projects. The study reported is a benefit-cost assessment of beach nourishment works planned for the northern beaches of the Gold Coast region in Queensland, Australia. Data covering past beach erosion events in the region are used to estimate the effects of beach erosion on tourism receipts and public assets located at beachside. Losses in these two areas are seen to far exceed the cost of protecting the beaches from storm damage, and of restoring them quickly after damage, and expenditure on such programmes has high ratios of benefit to cost.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherIP Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom121
dc.relation.ispartofpageto139
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalTourism Economics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied Economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1506
dc.titleA cost-benefit study of protection of the northern beaches of Australia's Gold Coast
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorRaybould, Michael
gro.griffith.authorMules, Trevor J.


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