Public urban beaches are places where more socially and culturally diverse populations encounter one anotherwhile engaging in a great variety of activities. In federal parks the government is required by law to cunsult the public and to consider the viability of cultural groups' life ways when managing and making major changes in a park.
Sea Shore parks play important roles in the continuity of cultural practices of a number of urban communuties ; they also support social sustainability and fortify democratic processes.
Yet, little has been written about the cultural ecologyof urban beaches.When beaches are discussed in scholary works, the focus is on the natural ecology of beaches, tourism, real estate value, and development Little is known about how beaches function as social places and as parts of the urban landscape.
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