Case studies from Lefkada, Delos, Mykonos, and Athens provide diverse examples of beach infrastructure and management
Texts examine both historic and contemporary processes of beach construction, programming, and maintenance
Focuses on the socio-technical and environmental dimensions of Mediterranean tourism
Challenges traditional notions of beach as a natural or leisure space
Includes contributions from architects, ecologists, and cultural theorists for interdisciplinary insights
Summarized by Shop
Behind the leisurely scattered bodies and seasonal influx of life, beachfronts are assembled as intensely ordered infrastructures for the heavy machineries of tourism.
This collection of essays frames the beach as a machine, one with protocol, functions, and metabolic needs. At the basis of these explorations lies the central question: