Aquitaine: Case study

Résumé du document

The Atlantic coast of France, extending over several kilometers, was until in the 70s as the South marginalized but follows a turning economy. Indeed, the South Atlantic coast will know economic development through tourism and aquaculture. The sizes of these coasts are important we will use the coasts of Aquitaine and tourist activities to make our model. This region is located in the south-west and is about 41 300 square km. It has 270 km of coastline including 240 km of sandy coasts to the estuary of the Gironde to the Adour and the rest in the rocky coasts of the Adour to the Pyrenean barrier. At the level of the coasts through what tourism can it participate in global warming, what its impacts and responses to
cope?

Coasts Aquitaines face of tourism are subjected to various forces related to this field. There are tourist activities such as diving, visiting natural sites, swimming, boating, diving and others. Aquitaine coasts have many places of business. For example, they have ranges of 240 km of coastline sand. In 2010, the activities during the tourist season, the sea activities represented 46.2%, 21.2% and hiking trips, 13.1%
practice mountain biking or touring, 11.3% of the activity slides, 12.8% visits, 22.7% the discovery of a city and 8.1% for sports activities. However, in 2010, but still off-season activities accounted for 31.4% for the discovery of a city, 21.7% for hiking and walks, sea 20.7%, 15.4% visits, 9 % practice mountain biking or cycling, sports activities 5.4% and 1.8% activity slips. To enable these activities and tourism so general, it takes the geographical area is well served.

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[...] The footprint of tourism to people mean when she traces left by the passage of individuals such as trampling. And finally, we see that Global Warming generated by all of these forces related to tourism also has an influence on the state of the environment. Global warming is at the heart of debate for several years and whose origin is attributed mainly to humans. This is an increase of the average temperature of the ocean and the atmosphere increasing the amount of heat from the earth's surface. [...]

[...] The number of individuals generated by tourism also carries pressures. Aquitaine is a touristic region qualified more popular, more mass than the Mediterranean coast. In 2010, there were nearly 95 million and 15 million overnight stays and 26% in season out of season for overnight stays and 66% and 34% in season out of season for the holidays. Thus, these forces create pressures that will impact more on smaller environments. And finally, there are also consumption as a force generating pressure on the environment. [...]

[...] Indeed, soil, water and air polluted found these pressures. The quality of air and water becomes bad. The increase in CO 2 alters the composition of sea water (therefore more CO2 carbonic acid) which becomes acidic (ocean acidification) in terms of pH. This increase also leads to increased production of algae in stagnant waters. Therefore, is lacustrine environments eutrophies which is not without consequences. The footprint of individuals and deforestation affect and influence the environments more in terms of geomorphology. [...]

[...] (Area at risk of sea flooding in France, Source : Google image) 2/5 The risk of sea flooding can also be aggravated (at the estuary of the Gironde) (temporary flooding of coastal areas by the sea in severe weather and tidal surges causing). A flood is a submersion, fast or slow, an area usually off water. It causes the death of about 20,000 people worldwide per year. The third impact related to these states is coastal erosion. The coastline is destroyed by the construction or more subject to the vagaries by them (wind). [...]

[...] It has 270 km of coastline including 240 km of sandy coasts to the estuary of the Gironde to the Adour and the rest in the rocky coasts of the Adour to the Pyrenean barrier. At the level of the coasts through what tourism can it participate in global warming, what its impacts and responses to cope ? Verbal model Coasts Aquitaines face of tourism are subjected to various forces related to this field. There are tourist activities such as diving, visiting natural sites, swimming, boating, diving and others. Aquitaine coasts have many places of business. For example, they have ranges of 240 km of coastline sand. [...]