 It is evaluated using 45 criteria, including anarchic development (unplanned construction), unmanaged use of land, and a lack of regard for the local architecture.Anarchic development compromises the environmental health of the water and the reef, and leads to visual degradation of the coast, increased atmospheric pollution due to car and boat emissions, increased release of waste (waste water and solid waste) due to the absence of appropriate infrastructure to treat it, saturates service infrastructures during the high season, increases loss of habitat and biodiversity, leads to overconsumption of natural resources by a growing population with demands for facilities such as golf courses, causes an abandonment of traditional, conservation-friendly activity, and leads to the modification of socio-cultural identities due to the change in lifestyle.The coral barrier is an important resource for Réunion.