Mexico is a country known for its beaches. It gains thousands of tourists a year just because of them. Mexico has three major issues which are oil extraction, fisheries and one of the majors ones I pointed out is Tourism. Along one of Mexico's most popular beaches, Cancun, it was developed erosion. This is a major problem along with Hotels being too close to shore. During Hurricane Wilma in 2005 this created some problems. Mexico has tried to launch a Beach restoration of Cancun and tat cost them 19 million dollars in 2006 and 70 million in 2009. In other parts of Mexico They have placed these weird tube like objects in order to help with objects coming to shore and even major things like the waves getting too out of had and coming inland.
References
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08920758709362014
http://geo-mexico.com/?p=3107
http://www.jcronline.org/doi/pdf/10.2112/SI63-018.1
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/blue_planet/problems/tourism/tourism_pressure/
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ReplyDeleteIt seems as if coastal development is a factor in coastal problems for most countries. For my country, Italy, I know it surely is. Like Mexico, Italy faces problems of erosion, where coastal development is a factor. I think coastal development is a troubling issue in the 21st century, for as we continuously add new destinations to tourist spots, we enable tourism to continue, but at the expense we harm our oceans. In regards to Italy, they are trying to monitor what is being built along the coast. Is Mexico doing something like that too to prevent coastal problems?
-Alexis Olmo
I loved that 'geotube' video. It shows they are trying to stop the erosion of the beaches...I'll be interested in knowing if it is successful. Like many other countries, yours is a touristic attraction so they need to maintain the width of the beaches for their tourists...but the human activity will impact the beaches so it is a vicious circle...
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ReplyDeleteWhen I think of Mexico, I think of warm weather, Mexican food, colorful sombreros, and beautiful beaches. I never really thought about the erosion on the beaches in this country, but I can see from your post that erosion can be a serious problem. My country Germany practices the same measures as Mexico to prevent beach erosion. Great post!