Crowded Coasts - Coastalisation: Australia, Costa Geriatrica (Spain), Florida, Benidorm (Spain)

Factors leading to coastalisation:

• employment by ports
• attracts farmers due to rainfall
• drought inland Australia
• Tourist jobs
• outdoor lifestyle
• cheap housing
• 300-400km of coastline

Issues that arise from coastalisation:

• limited resources - fresh water and farmland
• overpopulation
• rising house costs

Factors leading to coastalisation:

• cheaper housing
• warm mediterranean climate
• overcrowding in inland cities
• cheaper living costs

Issues that arise from coastalisation:

• lack of clean water
• sewage problems
• dangers to biodiversity

Factors leading to coastalisation:

• good weather
• accessable
• good education prospects
• can find cheap housing

Issues that arise from coastalisation:

• rapid increase of population
• Everglades (wetland area) has shrunk by 80%
• sinking land - only 2 meters abouve sea level - 9%
• fresh water problems in a few years time
• coastal floosing and hurricane damage - people are in more danger

• Has a permanent population of 67,000. in the summer this exceeds to half a million
• development of coastal resort started in 1954
• tourist season is now all year long
• became popular in 1960s
• nightlifr revolves around bars and clubs in the centre of the resort
• mostly young visitors
• been transformed form a sleepy villiage to an urban are of skyscraper hotels and apartment blocks, theme parks, pubs, clubs and restaurants
• Benidorm remains proud of its three main beaches which are densly populated parts of the world.