Recreational-Boating Patterns and Water-Surface Zoning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4827765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles A Heatwole, Niels C West, Niels West (0000-0002-4556-1309) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 304 |
| Publication date | 1982-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/214529 |
| OpenAlex | W2027187083 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
IN several locales the coastal waters of the United States are heavily trafficked by both recreational and commercial vessels. This dual usage carries the possibility that competition will become conflict and occasionally disaster. One method to mitigate conflicting use is water-surface zoning that seeks to restrict or ban certain types of vessels at specified times or places. Optimal implementation of water-surface zoning requires a knowledge of how and where a water surface is used, particularly by boaters, who constitute the largest single group of users. Because of this need for data on use, the application of watersurface zoning has been confined to small water bodies where vessels can be inventoried and their patterns of activity charted without too much difficulty or expense. In contrast, zoning is sparingly applied to open coastal waters partially because it is more difficult to acquire adequate data about the use of their surfaces
Biology · Civil engineering · Environmental planning · Fishery · Geography · Recreation · Recreational use · Zoning · Coastal and Marine Management · Ecology · Engineering · International Maritime Law Issues
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |