Blue Seas: Fighting Coastal Erosion
Tunisia—would be willing to contribute over €5 million a year for a project to reduce coastal erosion (Dribek and Voltaire 2017). (For the effects of coastal erosion on a Djerba Island hotel, see photo 5.3.) This figure implies that beach preservation measures to reduce coastal erosion may be financed largely by contributions from tourists9 and also measures
PHOTO 5.3
Effects of Coastal Erosion on Hotel les Sirenes, Djerba Island, Tunisia, 1992–2019
Sources: Oueslati, Labidi, and Elamri 2015; Heger and Vashold 2021. 1992 and 2013 photos: © Ameur Oueslati / Agence de protection et d’aménagement du littoral (APAL). 2016 and 2019 photos: © 2020 CNES/Airbus, courtesy of Google Earth. Permission required for reuse.
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