Les usagers d’une plage péri-urbaine face à la contamination microbiologique des eaux de baignade

This paper deals with the case of a long-term swimming ban on a beach in the urban area of La Rochelle on the French Atlantic coast due to recurring exceedances of sanitary standards regarding water quality. It questions the confrontation of a coastal urban population with an environmental contamina...

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Main Authors: Maëlig Le Béguec, Emmanuelle Petit, Luc Vacher, Hélène Agogué, Mery Ndione
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Published: Éditions en environnement VertigO 2023-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/40071
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description This paper deals with the case of a long-term swimming ban on a beach in the urban area of La Rochelle on the French Atlantic coast due to recurring exceedances of sanitary standards regarding water quality. It questions the confrontation of a coastal urban population with an environmental contamination issue in a space usually practiced for leisure activities. This analysis is presented through an environmental geography approach considering nature-society interactions and focusing on the perception of environmental quality in the attractiveness of coastal areas. Through the presentation of a survey’s results conducted among the local population, the aim is to analyze the way in which the user population perceives the alteration of the environmental quality of the beach and the bathing water and whether their understanding is homogeneous. The ways in which the origin of the contamination and the prevention dimension of the prohibition measures affect the population's understanding are presented. The changes in the practice of the beach and in the perception of this leisure space are related to the mode of information reception on the environment’s contamination. The roles of memory effect and place attachment that lead to the maintenance of certain practices will also be presented.
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spelling doaj-art-fb65bd518de3449cbf762c834d37be622025-08-20T03:40:22ZfraÉditions en environnement VertigOVertigO1492-84422023-04-0123110.4000/vertigo.40071Les usagers d’une plage péri-urbaine face à la contamination microbiologique des eaux de baignadeMaëlig Le BéguecEmmanuelle PetitLuc VacherHélène AgoguéMery NdioneThis paper deals with the case of a long-term swimming ban on a beach in the urban area of La Rochelle on the French Atlantic coast due to recurring exceedances of sanitary standards regarding water quality. It questions the confrontation of a coastal urban population with an environmental contamination issue in a space usually practiced for leisure activities. This analysis is presented through an environmental geography approach considering nature-society interactions and focusing on the perception of environmental quality in the attractiveness of coastal areas. Through the presentation of a survey’s results conducted among the local population, the aim is to analyze the way in which the user population perceives the alteration of the environmental quality of the beach and the bathing water and whether their understanding is homogeneous. The ways in which the origin of the contamination and the prevention dimension of the prohibition measures affect the population's understanding are presented. The changes in the practice of the beach and in the perception of this leisure space are related to the mode of information reception on the environment’s contamination. The roles of memory effect and place attachment that lead to the maintenance of certain practices will also be presented.https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/40071contaminationlittoralAtlanticrecreational practicesbeachswimming
spellingShingle Maëlig Le Béguec
Emmanuelle Petit
Luc Vacher
Hélène Agogué
Mery Ndione
Les usagers d’une plage péri-urbaine face à la contamination microbiologique des eaux de baignade
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contamination
littoral
Atlantic
recreational practices
beach
swimming
title Les usagers d’une plage péri-urbaine face à la contamination microbiologique des eaux de baignade
title_full Les usagers d’une plage péri-urbaine face à la contamination microbiologique des eaux de baignade
title_fullStr Les usagers d’une plage péri-urbaine face à la contamination microbiologique des eaux de baignade
title_full_unstemmed Les usagers d’une plage péri-urbaine face à la contamination microbiologique des eaux de baignade
title_short Les usagers d’une plage péri-urbaine face à la contamination microbiologique des eaux de baignade
title_sort les usagers d une plage peri urbaine face a la contamination microbiologique des eaux de baignade
topic contamination
littoral
Atlantic
recreational practices
beach
swimming
url https://journals.openedition.org/vertigo/40071
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