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Safer Beaches PDF

Planning, Design, and Operation

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ISBN: 9781492574224

©2011

Page Count: 152

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Safer Beaches: Planning, Design, and Operation offers a systematic, practical approach to planning, designing, renovating, and operating all types of beaches. This authoritative reference covers the broad topics that beach managers, lifeguards, administrators, and beach enthusiasts need to know, such as safety for nonswimming beaches and swimming beaches, water quality and beach maintenance, and funding. And it delves into the finer details that will help you balance safety and beachgoers’ enjoyment.

Safer Beaches provides something rarely found in other aquatic books: practices in beach management and protection. It uses a needs-analysis approach to help you identify programming and activities that will maximize people’s experience at the beach. This practical resource will help you

• understand the planning, design, building, and operational concepts and put them to use right away;

• take the guesswork out of beach management by guiding you step by step through the decisions and considerations necessary for successful operations; and

• avoid dangerous and costly mistakes during the planning and design stages of both swimming and nonswimming beaches.

Written by a leading aquatic professional and many influential contributors, with visually rich and instructive photos and illustrations, Safer Beaches supplies you with the latest information about innovations in beach design, technology, and building methods. It thoroughly explores every key aspect of planning, designing, and operating a beach, providing you with many examples and photos to give you a clear picture of the entire process. In its expansive coverage, it explores new territory in signage, risk management, and accessibility. And it places a heavy emphasis on safety, with five chapters devoted to separate safety topics.

Safer Beaches is an essential resource for all who have anything to do with managing beaches. It will help you be more effective in your job, and it will help beachgoers enjoy their recreational experiences to the fullest.

Chapter 1. Beach Types and Hazards

Surf Beaches

Confined Flat-Water Beaches

River Beaches

Land-Based Beach Hazards

Summary

Chapter 2. Beach and Waterfront Funding

Beach Funding Priorities

Core Funding Sources

Summary

Chapter 3. Accessibility

Going Beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act

Policy Issues

Reasonable Accommodation

Attitudes

Guidelines From the Recreation Access Board

Summary

Chapter 4. Liability and Risk Management

Negligence

Negligence Per Se

Degrees of Negligence

Defending Negligence Claims

Contributory and Comparative Negligence

Governmental Immunity

Good Samaritan Statutes

Premises Liability

Recreational Use Statutes

Risk Management

Managing Aquatic Facilities

Reducing Risk at Open-Water Races

Summary

Chapter 5. Effective Signage: Educating and Warning the Public

Standards for Water Safety Signs

Establishing Shoreline Zones

Placing Beach Flags for Safety Zone Conditions

Channeling the Public to Beach Access Points

Using Access Points to Warn and Educate

Prioritizing the Safety Message

Posting and Distributing Healthy Swimming Information

Summary

Chapter 6. Nonswimming Beach Safety

Reasons for Keeping People Out of the Water

Methods to Keep People Out of the Water

Overall Considerations

Summary

Chapter 7. Swimming Beach Safety

Environmental Considerations

Designated Swimming Areas

Designated Wading (Nonswimming) Areas

Support Features and Facilities

Summary

Chapter 8. Above-Water Structure Safety

Types of Above-Water Structures

Potential Above-Water Structure Hazards

Safety Strategies for Above-Water Structures

Summary

Chapter 9. Operational Considerations and Safety Strategies

Policy Decisions Affecting Safety and Beach Operations

Universal Proactive Strategies

Proactive Strategies at Guarded Beaches

Proactive Strategies at Unguarded Beaches

Summary

Chapter 10. Water Quality and Beach Maintenance

Recreational Water Illnesses (RWIs)

Urban and Agricultural Sources of Pollution

Other Waterborne Concerns

Controlling Aquatic Plants and Animal Pests at Beaches

Beach Maintenance

Beach Sand Grooming

Protecting Marine Wildlife

Summary

Chapter 11. Safety Practices at Guarded Beaches

Lifeguard Requirements and Competency

Psychology of Lifeguarding

Strategies for Improving Vigilance and Emergency Response

Summary

Chapter 12. United States Lifesaving Association and International Life Saving Federation

History of the United States Lifesaving Association

Impact of the USLA on American Lifesaving

International Life Saving Federation

Summary

Tom Griffiths, EdD, has over 40 years of experience in aquatic safety and is now a leader in the field. He is the president and founder of the Aquatic Safety Research Group and served as the director of aquatics and safety officer for athletics at Penn State University for nearly 25 years.

In 2000, Griffiths developed the Five Minute Scanning Strategy video that assists lifeguards in being more vigilant. The strategy is now required by all Pool Management Group, Star Guard, and Ellis & Associates Lifeguards. Griffiths has been published in over 300 scientific, professional, and popular journals. He has served as the president of the National Recreation and Park Association’s National Aquatics Council. In 2008 he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Swimming Hall of Fame.

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Safer Beaches PDF

$72.95 CAD

Safer Beaches: Planning, Design, and Operation offers a systematic, practical approach to planning, designing, renovating, and operating all types of beaches. This authoritative reference covers the broad topics that beach managers, lifeguards, administrators, and beach enthusiasts need to know, such as safety for nonswimming beaches and swimming beaches, water quality and beach maintenance, and funding. And it delves into the finer details that will help you balance safety and beachgoers’ enjoyment.

Safer Beaches provides something rarely found in other aquatic books: practices in beach management and protection. It uses a needs-analysis approach to help you identify programming and activities that will maximize people’s experience at the beach. This practical resource will help you

• understand the planning, design, building, and operational concepts and put them to use right away;

• take the guesswork out of beach management by guiding you step by step through the decisions and considerations necessary for successful operations; and

• avoid dangerous and costly mistakes during the planning and design stages of both swimming and nonswimming beaches.

Written by a leading aquatic professional and many influential contributors, with visually rich and instructive photos and illustrations, Safer Beaches supplies you with the latest information about innovations in beach design, technology, and building methods. It thoroughly explores every key aspect of planning, designing, and operating a beach, providing you with many examples and photos to give you a clear picture of the entire process. In its expansive coverage, it explores new territory in signage, risk management, and accessibility. And it places a heavy emphasis on safety, with five chapters devoted to separate safety topics.

Safer Beaches is an essential resource for all who have anything to do with managing beaches. It will help you be more effective in your job, and it will help beachgoers enjoy their recreational experiences to the fullest.

Chapter 1. Beach Types and Hazards

Surf Beaches

Confined Flat-Water Beaches

River Beaches

Land-Based Beach Hazards

Summary

Chapter 2. Beach and Waterfront Funding

Beach Funding Priorities

Core Funding Sources

Summary

Chapter 3. Accessibility

Going Beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act

Policy Issues

Reasonable Accommodation

Attitudes

Guidelines From the Recreation Access Board

Summary

Chapter 4. Liability and Risk Management

Negligence

Negligence Per Se

Degrees of Negligence

Defending Negligence Claims

Contributory and Comparative Negligence

Governmental Immunity

Good Samaritan Statutes

Premises Liability

Recreational Use Statutes

Risk Management

Managing Aquatic Facilities

Reducing Risk at Open-Water Races

Summary

Chapter 5. Effective Signage: Educating and Warning the Public

Standards for Water Safety Signs

Establishing Shoreline Zones

Placing Beach Flags for Safety Zone Conditions

Channeling the Public to Beach Access Points

Using Access Points to Warn and Educate

Prioritizing the Safety Message

Posting and Distributing Healthy Swimming Information

Summary

Chapter 6. Nonswimming Beach Safety

Reasons for Keeping People Out of the Water

Methods to Keep People Out of the Water

Overall Considerations

Summary

Chapter 7. Swimming Beach Safety

Environmental Considerations

Designated Swimming Areas

Designated Wading (Nonswimming) Areas

Support Features and Facilities

Summary

Chapter 8. Above-Water Structure Safety

Types of Above-Water Structures

Potential Above-Water Structure Hazards

Safety Strategies for Above-Water Structures

Summary

Chapter 9. Operational Considerations and Safety Strategies

Policy Decisions Affecting Safety and Beach Operations

Universal Proactive Strategies

Proactive Strategies at Guarded Beaches

Proactive Strategies at Unguarded Beaches

Summary

Chapter 10. Water Quality and Beach Maintenance

Recreational Water Illnesses (RWIs)

Urban and Agricultural Sources of Pollution

Other Waterborne Concerns

Controlling Aquatic Plants and Animal Pests at Beaches

Beach Maintenance

Beach Sand Grooming

Protecting Marine Wildlife

Summary

Chapter 11. Safety Practices at Guarded Beaches

Lifeguard Requirements and Competency

Psychology of Lifeguarding

Strategies for Improving Vigilance and Emergency Response

Summary

Chapter 12. United States Lifesaving Association and International Life Saving Federation

History of the United States Lifesaving Association

Impact of the USLA on American Lifesaving

International Life Saving Federation

Summary

Tom Griffiths, EdD, has over 40 years of experience in aquatic safety and is now a leader in the field. He is the president and founder of the Aquatic Safety Research Group and served as the director of aquatics and safety officer for athletics at Penn State University for nearly 25 years.

In 2000, Griffiths developed the Five Minute Scanning Strategy video that assists lifeguards in being more vigilant. The strategy is now required by all Pool Management Group, Star Guard, and Ellis & Associates Lifeguards. Griffiths has been published in over 300 scientific, professional, and popular journals. He has served as the president of the National Recreation and Park Association’s National Aquatics Council. In 2008 he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Swimming Hall of Fame.

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