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Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada

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SCHERER, Marinez. Beach Management in Brazil: Topics for Consideration. RGCI [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.1, pp.3-13. ISSN 1646-8872.  https://doi.org/10.5894/rgci358.

This article presents beach management in Brazil and its tools. It intends to discuss the issue and possible guidelines to a better management. Brazil has a long coastline and many beaches, of many kinds too. All Brazilian beaches are public places and everyone has the right to come and go. This right should always be guaranteed, letting theses areas available for everyone on equal terms. However, it is noticed that in Brazil there is an overlap of administrations in the management of beaches, leading to possible conflicts and inefficient management, as well as private use of the public space. Many challenges are presented to beach management in Brazil such as: land ownership, tourism and urban projects control, beach bars and restaurants regulation, accessibility, biodiversity conservation, cultural aspects maintenance, erosion process control, among others. A part of that Brazilian legislation do not take in account sand dunes as part of the beaches, leading to a fragmented management of beach ecosystems. Even tools designed for beach and shoreline management in Brazil, such as Projeto Orla - a governmental project, and Blue Flag Programme - an instrument of non-governmental initiative, demonstrate to be of difficult implementation due to the lack of a solid institutional and administrative basis and lack of financial support as well. As an example it is presented the case of Spain and its Coast Act dated of 1988. As the Spanish Coast Act define beach as a public space as well, it could provide some guidelines for Brazil. It is discussed some aspects of the Spanish Coast Act and their parallel with the Brazilian norms. It is exposed the need of legislation improvement in order to achieve efficient and democratic management of beaches. In general terms Brazil should guarantee free access to all beaches and introduce more efficient beach rules. It could also be good to initiate a beach classification and certification scheme, including water and sand quality. The acceptance of the need of controlling uses and activities on the Brazilian coastline is urgent and the acknowledgment that there is an overlapping of responsibilities also represents a priority, which can lead to conflicts. The management of  the beaches should be shared among multiple structures and users, applying a governance process.

Palavras-chave : Public Administration Conflict; Coastal management; Orla Project; Blue Flag.

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