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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"coastal community"”.
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Modeling Flood Reduction Scenarios for a Small Coastal Community
… Arroyo Grande Creek that passes through several coastal cities including the community of Oceano. At the mouth of the Creek is the Arroyo Grande Lagoon, which is connected to another lagoon known as the Oceano Lagoon, by a tidal flap-gate whose hydraulics is a function of water levels in the two …
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An Examination: Using Participatory Action Research in a Marginalized Coastal Community at Risk to Natural Hazards
… Action Research (PAR) in a small, marginalized coastal community at risk to natural hazards. PAR is a method of conducting high-quality research to support the social change goals of diverse cultural and ethnic communities, especially as they relate to community involvement, democracy, …
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The contribution of small-scale fisheries to the community food security of one South African coastal community
… full-time or part-time work to vulnerable coastal communities. In South Africa, approximately 28,000 small-scale fishers rely on marine resources for food security and livelihoods; however, continued marginalisation of small-scale fishers through discriminatory fisheries regulations …
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Change begets change: employing a change perspective to inform South Africa's coastal community conservation policy-praxis disjuncture
… conservation governance approaches. Community-based conservation – which seeks to include local communities and their knowledge and priorities in conservation governance – offers a viable though context-specific alternative. However, thus far communitybased conservation initiatives …
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Equipping Small Group Leaders To Understand And Practice The Ministry Of Biblical Counseling At Coastal Community Church, Yorktown, Virginia
… counseling in small group settings so that Coastal Community Church may develop authentic followers of Jesus Christ. Chapter 1 presents the history and context of Coastal Community Church and demonstrates the need for this project. Chapter 2 demonstrates the biblical mandate pastors and …
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Enhancing Coastal Community Resilience in North Carolina: Monitoring Erosion and Nature-based Solution Efficacy on a Fetch-limited Barrier Island
Fetch-limited barrier islands protect low-lying coastal communities like those in eastern North Carolina. They are natural barriers against powerful waves and storm impacts. However, coastal storms can subject barrier islands to elevated water levels and forceful waves, overwhelming their …
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Inching Closer: Life on the Sinking Island of Ghoramara
… to explore the impact of climate change on the coastal community at Ghoramara Island in the Sundarban Delta complex in Eastern India. Ghoramara has reduced to half its original size in the last 30 years, facing extensive soil erosion due to human interventions and climate-change driven sea level …
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Impact of Interdependent Physical and Social characteristics on Housing Recovery Following Tropical Cyclones
… damage) characteristics on housing risk of a coastal community as the percent chance of vacancy followed by tropical cyclones. We developed a housing risk assessment framework for an idealized hypothetical study area consistent with existing physical and social characteristics of Hampton …
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Coral Reef Valuation and Perceptions of the Tourism Industry in Akumal, Mexico
… differently by various individuals and groups in coastal destinations. This creates a challenge for tourism planners and natural resource managers. Understanding values and perceptions that surround unique resources in tourism destinations hold answers to implementing effective management …
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Assessment of Evacuation Network Performance under Different Evacuation Scenarios: The Florida Keys
… is to better understand the evacuation of a coastal community, the Florida Keys. This will aid in the planning, mitigation, response, and recovery of this community when a hurricane threatens to destroy their homes. To achieve this, a model of the Florida Keys was built in VISSIM, a …
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An Evaluation of Tourism Communities and Community Responses to Tourism and Crime: A Case Study of two Cornish Destinations
… study of a British seaside resort and a coastal town reveals that tourism communities are influenced by individual resident opinions. Simultaneously these communities influence resident perception and behaviour towards tourism-related crime, and it is through this exchange process, that …
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The planning and real estate implications of North American retirees moving to Mexico : A study of Bucerías, Nayarit
… presence of North Americans may have in small coastal communities may be important, there is a lack of research on this phenomenon. This thesis is an exploratory study of a particular community, Bucerías (Nayarit), which is experiencing this phenomenon. The thesis intends to unveil the major …
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Wave Mechanics in Constructed Oyster Reefs and the Design of Nature-Based Coastal Adaptation
… oyster reefs (CORs) to function as nature-based coastal protection infrastructure, but most projects to-date are designed primarily for wave attenuation and fail to consider both the environmental conditions necessary for long-term oyster reef sustainability as well as the importance of education …
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The Impact of Nitrogen Additions On Cyanobacterial Abundance In Stormwater Detention Ponds On Kiawah Island, Sc
<p>Kiawah Island is a rapidly growing coastal community located south of Charleston, SC. Best management practices mandate stormwater detention ponds to moderate the impacts of development. The detention pond network is subject to high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus loading from golf course, …
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Adapting to Rising Sea Levels
… also increased erosion and gradual inundation of coastal property. At the same time, coastal populations in the United States continue to increase rapidly: over half of all Americans live in coastal counties, and at least 25 million more people are expected to move to the coast by 2015. The end …
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Investigation into a future policy landscape to achieve sustainability in the Scottish coastal region
… of a sustainable future for Scotland’s coastal communities is subject to, and dependent upon, a complex policy landscape of stakeholders and policy documents within which resource and information is transferred where relationships and dependencies, are linked to the power and influence …
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An Assessment of the Perceptions, Level of Involvement, and Needs of User-Groups for Marine Protected Areas in the Carolinas
… from other areas of the world suggests that community-based involvement is necessary in order for MPAs to meet their desired goals, and that MPAs are less successful when they do not involve input and engagement from local communities. In North and South Carolina, the coastal community …
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Struggling against the Sea in Ban Khun Samut Chin: Environmental Knowledge, Community Identity and Livelihood Strategies in a Village Fighting Severe Coastal Erosion on the Gulf of Thailand
This research project investigates how a coastal community in the Upper Gulf of Thailand has been dealing with a local ecological crisis, the rapid erosion of their coastline and potential loss of the entire territory of their village. The case study examines the community’s interactions with …
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Social resilience, place and identity in the small-scale North Norfolk “Cromer Crab” fishery, UK
Fishing once defined many coastal community identities around the British Isles. Over recent decades, these communities have faced the decline of their fishing industry in addition to demographic, environmental, economic change and a changing policy context in coastal areas focused on marine …
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