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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"coastal risk"”.
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Governing coastal risk: the case of Langebaan's disappearing shoreline
The coastal zone is the dynamic interface between land and sea and is under immense threat from increasing coastal population and development trends as well as global climate change. Given global and regional sea level rise projections, coastal African countries including South African are highly …
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Machine Learning and remote sensing applications to shoreline dynamics
Coastal communities and land covers are vulnerable receptors of erosion, flooding, or both in combination. The accurate, automated, and wide-scale determination of shoreline position, and its migration at the engineering scale (10-1 – 102 km), is imperative for future coastal risk adaptation and …
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Gravel barrier dynamics, coastal erosion and flooding risk
… the influence of gravel barrier dynamics on coastal erosion and flooding risk. Establishing the potential for coastal landforms to provide effective risk reduction is salient given growing momentum behind coastal management approaches seeking to incorporate ‘natural’ processes and landforms …
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Storm smart planning for adaptation to sea level rise : addressing coastal flood risk in East Boston
… an increasing rate over the next century. Thus, coastal lands and development lie in a precarious position, increasingly vulnerable to flood damage brought by storm surges and extreme weather events. In order to avoid disastrous losses of property, life, ecological health and social wellbeing, …
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An assessment of four decades of wave power variability - a critical requirement for coastal resilience
… estimates and trend assessments are crucial for coastal management and resilience, as increases in wave power introduces significant risks of flooding and shoreline erosion. This study evaluates wave power trends at 29 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Data Buoy …
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Valutazione della vulnerabilità delle coste della Sardegna a fenomeni di erosione ed inondazione dovuti all'impatto degli eventi estremi meteo-marini
… work is to provide a regional assessment of the coastal vulnerability of Sardinian sandy beaches to storm impacts. To do this we have assessed the geomorphic coastal vulnerability taking into account the intensity of storm induced hazards and the adaptation capacity of the system. The methodology …
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Coastal Climate Change Adaptation: the Influence of Perceived Risk, Uncertainty, Trust, and Scale
… of adaptation and support for CCA planning in US coastal communities. First, this study evaluates differences between planner expectations and climate projections of the magnitude of change and range of uncertainty of global temperature and sea level rise by 2030 and the likelihood of potential …