Climate change will have a significant impact on coastal locations, affecting visitors’ and residents’ values and experiences. Yet, we know little about the ways visitors value the coast and how they may be affected by climate change impacts. There is a need for place-based studies, where residents and visitors are studied alongside one another to inform more comprehensive and socially-inclusive adaptation strategies. This study sought to understand the lived and landscape values that visitors and residents attribute to the natural reserves and beach of the Llobregat Delta in the densely built-up environment of Barcelona, Spain, as well as their concerns about the impacts of climate change. Results of our survey (n = 133) showed that residents and visitors alike highly valued the natural environment, biodiversity and therapeutic aspects. Residents placed more importance on the biodiversity, safety and sense of identity and pride that the area provides. Visitors were just as likely as residents to be concerned about the effects of climate change on the region. This concern reveals that visitors are key stakeholders with coastal place attachments that need to be integrated into future adaptation research and practice.

气候变化将对沿海地区产生重大影响，影响游客和居民的价值观和体验。然而，我们对游客评价海岸的方式以及他们如何受到气候变化的影响知之甚少。需要进行基于地方的研究，在这种研究中，居民和游客被一起研究，以提供更全面和社会包容的适应策略。本研究旨在了解游客和居民对西班牙巴塞罗那密集建筑环境中的 Llobregat 三角洲自然保护区和海滩的生活和景观价值，以及他们对气候变化影响的担忧。我们的调查结果 (n = 133) 显示居民和游客都高度重视自然环境、生物多样性和治疗方面。居民更加重视该地区提供的生物多样性、安全性以及认同感和自豪感。游客和居民一样担心气候变化对该地区的影响。这种担忧表明，游客是沿海地区的主要利益相关者，需要将其整合到未来的适应研究和实践中。