All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 January How changes to our coastline could wipe out surfings benefits What is the value of a wave? How changes to our coastline could wipe out surfing's benefits 10/01/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Ana Manero, Research Fellow at Australian National University, Alaya Spencer-Cotton, research assistant at Lombok Institute of Technology, Javier Leon Javier Leon, senior lecturer at University of the Sunshine Coast, and Neil Lazarow, senior research consultant at CSIRO, was originally published in The Conversation on January 10. Before COVID-19, global surf tourism spending was estimated at up to A$91 billion per year. And since the start of the pandemic, demand for surfing has boomed as people increasingly turn to outdoor activities. But surfingΓÇÖs benefits to human well-being arenΓÇÖt often studied in economics terms. This is a major knowledge gap we are now trying to fill. Such research is important. Changes to the coastline ΓÇô such as from sea walls and groynes ΓÇô can dramatically reduce the quality of surfing waves. But the consequenc
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 January How changes to our coastline could wipe out surfings benefits What is the value of a wave?
How changes to our coastline could wipe out surfing's benefits 10/01/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Ana Manero, Research Fellow at Australian National University, Alaya Spencer-Cotton, research assistant at Lombok Institute of Technology, Javier Leon Javier Leon, senior lecturer at University of the Sunshine Coast, and Neil Lazarow, senior research consultant at CSIRO, was originally published in The Conversation on January 10.
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Before COVID-19, global surf tourism spending was estimated at up to A$91 billion per year.
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And since the start of the pandemic, demand for surfing has boomed as people increasingly turn to outdoor activities.
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But surfingΓÇÖs benefits to human well-being arenΓÇÖt often studied in economics terms.
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This is a major knowledge gap we are now trying to fill.
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Changes to the coastline ΓÇô such as from sea walls and groynes ΓÇô can dramatically reduce the quality of surfing waves.
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