Estudio preliminar de la biodiversidad y vulnerabilidad de la zona costera de la Isla de Tabarca, Provincia de Alicante, España.
Estudio preliminar de la biodiversidad y vulnerabilidad de la zona costera de la Isla de Tabarca, Provincia de Alicante, España.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1981325180711
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Palavras-chave: biodiversidad marina, Mar Mediterráneo, patrimonio cultural, turismo insular, vulnerabilidad costera
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Keywords: marine biodiversity, Mediterranean Sea, cultural heritage, island tourism, coastal vulnerability
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Abstract: Tabarca Island is the only inhabited island in the Valencian Community. It was Spain's first Marine Reserve, designed to protect its marine biodiversity, which includes species of fishing interest. Its walls surround the town center and were built by order of Charles III to resist pirate attacks and protect the population. Both features attract 230,000 visitors throughout the year, with around 10,000 tourists a day during the summer months, a figure that contrasts with the island's mere 49 permanent residents. The island experiences the phenomena of short-range tourism, long-range tourism, overtourism, and undertourism; these have led to coastal vulnerability manifesting through the loss of biodiversity, coastal erosion by the same recreational areas used every year, and the effects of climate change (rise in temperature and flooding) expected on the coasts and islands of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Jennifer Denisse Ruiz Ramírez