Cultures of managing hazard and play: Guarding life in the littoral zone

Anderson, Jon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6052-5154 and Sorley, Dan 2024. Cultures of managing hazard and play: Guarding life in the littoral zone. Brown, Mike, ed. The Ocean, Blue Spaces and Outdoor Learning, Routledge, pp. 134-148. (10.4324/9781003272496-11)

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Abstract

Lifeguards play a critical role in managing risk in the littoral zone. This chapter draws on social media surveys with, and extensive daily-incident logs compiled by, UK-based lifeguards in order to critically engage with the changing regimes of action in the space where land, sea, and air meet. This chapter finds that lifeguards anticipate problems, inform and educate the public, monitor changes, and respond to hazards as a growing number of (in)experienced visitors engage with the dynamic processes involved in beach and coastal waters. It will suggest that, with increasing popularity, this lifeguard activity is vital in maintaining the cultural norms of the littoral as a restorative, healthy, and playful space.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9781032224114
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2024 13:20
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/169082

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