all geographers work within a specific time context.
And as figure 1.8 makes clear, this context vitality affects the conclusions they draw.
In each graph the number of people on a beach is related to the passage of time.
over a period of 100 years the most noticeable change is the increasing use of the beach.
On the average, more people were using the beach at the end of the period than at the beginning.
this is not surprising when we thing of the substantial increases in the populations of all the areas shown over this period and the changes in social attitudes towards leisure time.