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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"coastal landscapes"”.
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The evolution of tidal coastal landscapes and the controls on pathways to equilibrium
… the long-term morphology and equilibrium of coastal tide-dominated environments and the way they respond to sea-level rise force. Results of this theoretical exploration showed that processes localised, and timescales for equilibrium development vary vastly across the landscape. Elucidating …
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The future of coastal landscapes: perceptions and conflicts on the west coast of Ireland
… how the strategy’s contradictions will affect coastal communities and their landscapes. Concerns about BG projects have been mainly represented in technical terms that address the loss of coastal views related to specific marine uses (such as wind and fish farms), yet complex relationships …
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The frontier of the middle class: how farmers and fishers pursue better lives in the coastal landscapes of eastern Indonesia
The coastal landscapes of the outer islands of the Indonesian archipelago are places rich with biological and cultural diversity. The people who live in these remote and rural places are often comparatively poorer than Indonesians living in urban and regional areas, with limited access to …
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The frontier of the middle class: how farmers and fishers pursue better lives in the coastal landscapes of eastern Indonesia
The coastal landscapes of the outer islands of the Indonesian archipelago are places rich with biological and cultural diversity. The people who live in these remote and rural places are often comparatively poorer than Indonesians living in urban and regional areas, with limited access to …
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A comparison of durability and recruitment for reef mimics constructed from marine concrete and CaCO₃-enriched concrete
Coastal landscapes continue to be altered on a global scale by man-made infrastructure. Coastal and marine infrastructure, such as seawalls, breakwaters, have replaced natural intertidal, subtidal, and benthic habitats along many coastlines. Coastal infrastructure has a multitude of impacts on …
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Flexing the Flux: Re-Appropriating Muizenberg Beachfront as a response to contextual dynamism
… the endeavours of mankind impact the nature of coastal landscapes. The study acts as an entry point into contemplating how responsive design approaches may apply to beachfront landscapes. The process is thus used as a catalytic guide for the dissertation that follows.
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Rising Water: Harnessing the Process of Sedimentation for a Flood Resilient Coastal Landscape
… induced sea level rise threatens low lying coastal land, especially in regions of continuing subsidence such as the Chesapeake Bay. Alterations to shorelines over time have impacted the ability of coastal landscapes to capture and build up sediment, exposing them to continual erosion. The …
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Investigating the Social-Ecological Trade-Offs Between Removing and Preserving Mangroves in New Zealand
… habitats and start thinking about managing our coastal landscapes in a holistic manner. Embracing connectivity and complexity of coastal landscapes and addressing wider land-based issues of sedimentation and nutrient run-off is a necessity. It is advisable for us to work with and be part of our …
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Spring Landbird Migration along the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico: Multi-Scaled Investigation of Stopover Ecology Within an Urbanized Landscape
… Gulf coast during spring and fall passage. These coastal landscapes are some of the most rapidly developing areas in the U.S. with population growth rates five times higher than that of inland areas. Anthropogenic pressures, along with human-created (e.g., oil spills) and natural disturbances …
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RESPONSE OF A SPARTINA PATENS-DOMINATED OLIGOHALINE MARSH TO NITROGEN ENRICHMENT IN COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA, USA.
Coastal marshes are highly productive ecosystems that play a significant role in the global carbon budget. Anthropogenic alterations to coastal landscapes can significantly impact these marsh ecosystems, though the actual loss of ecosystem functioning may depend on the type of marsh being impacted. …
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Critical Cartographies of Transnational Infrastructure-led Urbanization
… littoral territory of Gwadar, in the southern coastal region of Baluchistan, in Pakistan. This port city acts as a gateway to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which, because of its deepsea edge, has been subjected to China’s infrastructure-led urbanization. As a result, the local fishing …
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Relative sea level, sediment supply and barrier dynamics as driving mechanisms of Holocene coastal change.
… population pressure lead to regional and local coastal responses that pose major challenges for the future resilience of coastal landscapes, increasing the vulnerability of communities, infrastructure and nature conservation interests. Improving understanding of coastline evolution in the past, …
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Landscape analysis of vegetation change in coastal Louisiana following hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Investigations of hurricane disturbances on coastal vegetated communities are common, but relatively few are comprehensive across broad geographic regions. The 2005 hurricanes, Katrina and Rita, exposed Louisiana coastal landscapes to physical modifications and extensive and prolonged flooding, …
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Bōsai, Tsunami
… Therefore, embedding bōsai values to urban coastal landscapes with greater emphasis on the community’s needs is vital in building the nation’s social-ecological resilience. Located in the Circum-pacific of “Ring of Fire” and surrounded by sea, Japan, with an extreme range of topographic and …
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Factors affecting piping plover (Charadrius melodus) nest site selection following landscape and predator community changes
The dynamics of coastal landscapes following major storm events and human interventions significantly impact nesting habitat use by species like the piping plover (Charadrius melodus) along Atlantic coastlines. Our study focused on Fire Island, New York, assessing changes in vegetation succession, …
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Intertidal mudflats and the conservation of migratory shorebirds
… of estimating shorebird populations across vast coastal landscapes. By comparing stratified random sampling and regression modelling, I demonstrated that stratified sampling produced more precise estimates of total shorebird populations in coastal Bangladesh, while regression models tended to …
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Development of an integrated coastal management tool for rocky coasts at the algarve study site
Coastal erosion has contributed throughout geological time to shape world coastal landscapes leading to the coastline that we know today. This natural phenomenon, allied with soil erosion in water catchments, is the source of sediment for costal systems such as beaches and marshes. These systems …
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Tidal hydrodynamic response to sea level rise and coastal geomorphology in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Sea level rise (SLR) has the potential to affect coastal environments in a multitude of ways, including submergence, increased flooding, and increased shoreline erosion. Low-lying coastal environments such as the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM) are particularly vulnerable to the effects of SLR, …