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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

22. Management Tools for Safety in Costa Rica Beaches

Authors : Isabel Arozarena Llopis, Alejandro Gutiérrez Echeverría

Published in: Beach Management Tools - Concepts, Methodologies and Case Studies

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

More than 700 people have drowned in Costa Rica beaches since 2001, and so far, very few governmental actions have been developed in order to improve beach safety. RONMAC program (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica) has been doing exhaustive research on rip currents since 2010. Drowning data have allowed defining the social profile of drowned people, the most risky beaches and the drowning seasonality. Young males from the central part of the country are the most prone to drown according to drowning data. Survey campaigns have been made in order to understand how the previous knowledge on rip currents and the behavior of beach users can influence their vulnerability to drown. Rip current mapping is being used to estimate beach hazard and GPS dog collar on lifesavers are being used to measure rip currents speeds and trajectories. In the last months, RONMAC together with other institutions have issued a law proposal at the Legislative Assembly for creating a National Lifesavers Brigade.

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Metadata
Title
Management Tools for Safety in Costa Rica Beaches
Authors
Isabel Arozarena Llopis
Alejandro Gutiérrez Echeverría
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Beach Management Tools - Concepts, Methodologies and Case Studies

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-58303-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-58304-4

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58304-4_22