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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"shoreline protection"”.
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A Comparative Analysis of Plastic Pollution Distribution in Costa del Este in Panama and Central American countries: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua
… economies and ecological services, including shoreline protection, preventing erosion, and water filtration. However, pollution poses a significant threat. My study investigated the impacts of marine plastics, mangrove conservation practices, and waste management practices in Panama, Belize, …
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Salt marsh creation and coastal residential developments: principles and guidelines for landscape architecture practice
… residential developments by providing long-term shoreline protection, water purification, wildlife habitat, and amenity of a naturalistic landscape. Design principles and guidelines will help ensure that the model approach is used by developers to attain salt marsh creation that fits the patterns …
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Modeling Cle Elum Reservoir Shoreline Erosion: GIS Analysis to Support Cultural and Environmental Resource Management, Yakima Basin, Washington
… this study was to examine areas prone to further shoreline erosion to inform resource management. This research included the use of airphotos and fieldwork to identify erosional shorelines. Erosion was verified in the field using a video survey as well as indicators such as shoreline slope, …
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Facing natural hazards: uncertain and intertemporal elements of choosing shore protection along the Great Lakes
… will be inaccurate in assessing benefits of shoreline protection measures and will provide reduced insight into policy choices. From a review of economic, psychology and geography literature, three points of criticism are: - when faced with losses, individuals tend not to be averse to risk, - …
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The Past and Present of Maldivian Coral Reefs
… poorer ecosystem services, including reduced shoreline protection and diminished livelihoods through declining reef fisheries and tourism. Maldives is a coral reef-generated nation, putting it at great risk of climate change-associated damage, namely coral mortality from warming ocean …