HOW PHYSICAL AND HUMAN FACTORS MAY HAVE MADE FLORIDA A CROWDED COAST

One of the reasons it is a popular tourist destination is because of the four large international airports located there allowing for much easier transportation and as a pivotal human pull factor, it makes it attract even more immigration.

However, Florida’s most prominent pull factors for coastalisation are its physical features. Again as Fig.2 highlights, the wide sandy beaches are very picturesque, a clear pull factor for migration, as 85% of residents reside on the coast. The weather has no extremes, varying very slightly making it more lucrative for elderly migrants who in extreme winters suffer from flu’s and in hot summers from heatstrokes. Sunlight hours being very consistently long throughout the year mean that it is not only beneficial for the vitamin deficiencies and arthritis in the elderly but a pull factor for families with young children that travel daily to school.

Given that Fig.2 highlights the dying corals and falling number of dolphins and manatees, the fact remains that Florida nonetheless has these physical attractions which are another pull factor for both tourists and residents, adding to the growing list of pull factors that accumulate to result in Florida’s coast becoming crowded at a faster rate.