Human Interactions at Pantai Morib
During our excursion to Pantai Morib, we observed the beach and saw lots of signs of human activity, although there was only a few people there when we visited. There were restaurants, food stalls, playgrounds and a hotel. On the beach there there was a around 2 families with children sitting and having a picnic. There were a handful of people using metal detectors in the wet sand and just as we were about to leave 2 men on a motorbike/cart rode towards the water, which was far out due to the really low tide.
The presence of food stalls, recreational facilities and a hotel, along with the people using them are the most obvious signs of human activity near the beach, but also the amount of litter found on the beach itself. As there were more people on the end of the beach closer to the hotel and recreational facilities, the most litter was found on that end. That half of the beach had a shocking total of 606 pieces of rubbish - and there is probably more that we didn't manage to pick up. The other half of the beach, closer to the mangroves had a total of 191 pieces of rubbish, far less than the other half. However, we did observe that there was a lot of litter stuck inside the mangroves, possibly due to longshore drift. The litter indicates the amount of human activity along the beach.
We also assessed the human interactions with the beach by creating beach profiles. Our data showed us that the half of the beach closer to the restaurants and hotel, was rather flat, whilst the other half had a lot more fluctuations, constantly inclining and declining. This lead us to the conclusion that the half nearer to the recreational area had a lot more human activity than the half closer to the mangroves. These conclusions from both sets of data are consistent, therefore confirming that once again, there was more activity near the recreation, and less interaction near the mangroves.
The presence of food stalls, recreational facilities and a hotel, along with the people using them are the most obvious signs of human activity near the beach, but also the amount of litter found on the beach itself. As there were more people on the end of the beach closer to the hotel and recreational facilities, the most litter was found on that end. That half of the beach had a shocking total of 606 pieces of rubbish - and there is probably more that we didn't manage to pick up. The other half of the beach, closer to the mangroves had a total of 191 pieces of rubbish, far less than the other half. However, we did observe that there was a lot of litter stuck inside the mangroves, possibly due to longshore drift. The litter indicates the amount of human activity along the beach.
We also assessed the human interactions with the beach by creating beach profiles. Our data showed us that the half of the beach closer to the restaurants and hotel, was rather flat, whilst the other half had a lot more fluctuations, constantly inclining and declining. This lead us to the conclusion that the half nearer to the recreational area had a lot more human activity than the half closer to the mangroves. These conclusions from both sets of data are consistent, therefore confirming that once again, there was more activity near the recreation, and less interaction near the mangroves.