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Morphological changes of river Bank Erosion and channel shifting assessment on Arial Khan River of Bangladesh using Landsat satellite time series images

open access: yesProgress in Disaster Science
The continuous processes of erosion and deposition in rivers are intricately linked to changes in land use and land cover (LULC), reflecting dynamic landscape transformations.
Irteja Hasan   +6 more
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Land Subsidence Affects Coastal Zone Vulnerability (Pengaruh Penurunan Tanah Terhadap Kerentanan Wilayah Pesisir)

open access: yesIlmu Kelautan, 2015
Vast development of urban cities in coastal area has caused rapid degradation of the environment. Coastal zone vulnerability is mainly influenced by sea level rise, land subsidence, storm surge, sediment transport, socio-economic and coastal management ...
Pra Luber Agung Wibowo   +2 more
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Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: Ecosystem Service Assessments in Spatial and Sectoral Planning

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
In this paper, we critically reflect on the ability of spatial and sectoral planning approaches to deal with regional climate change, especially sea level rise, and analyze the potential of ecosystem service assessments in regional coastal climate change
Gerald Schernewski   +3 more
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Land Classification and Change Intensity Analysis in a Coastal Watershed of Southeast China

open access: yesSensors, 2014
The aim of this study is to improve the understanding of land changes in the Jiulong River watershed, a coastal watershed of Southeast China. We developed a stratified classification methodology for land mapping, which combines linear stretching, an ...
Pei Zhou   +3 more
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Sampling Error and Its Implication for Capture Fisheries Management in Ghana

open access: yesFishes, 2022
Capture fisheries in developing countries provide significant animal protein and directly supports the livelihoods of several communities. However, the misperception of biophysical dynamics owing to a lack of adequate scientific data has contributed to ...
Temiloluwa Jesutofunmi Akinyemi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Federal Ocean Programs: Good for the Economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The marine resources of the United States provide vast economic returns on investments. As illustrated by the graph below, the gross domestic product from industries that depend on the oceans far exceeds federal expenditures for ocean and coastal ...

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Implementing integrated coastal zone management through the use of coastal action plans: lessons from Victoria

open access: yes, 2004
There are currently no performance indicators in place for assessing the successful implementation of Victoria,\u27s strategic plans (Coastal Action Plans, CAPs) in achieving Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) at a regional level.
Cornish, Amanda, Wescott, Geoff
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IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON THE DUNE ECOSYSTEM: CASE OF THE CITY OF ‎ECHATT AND SIDI MBAREK (EL TARF)‎

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2023
Context and background Throughout history, the severity of coastal impacts has varied depending on social and environmental factors. Human activities in general have caused large-scale environmental and morphological changes, and our study area is not ...
Bilal Belloulou   +2 more
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Establishing National Ocean Service Priorities for Estuarine, Coastal, and Ocean Modeling: Capabilities, Gaps, and Preliminary Prioritization Factors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This report was developed to help establish National Ocean Service priorities and chart new directions for research and development of models for estuarine, coastal and ocean ecosystems based on user-driven requirements and supportive of sound coastal ...
Cloyd, Emily T.   +3 more
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Marine snakes of Indian coasts: historical resume, systematic checklist, toxinology, status, and identification key

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2019
We compile an up-to-date checklist of 26 species of marine snakes known from the Indian coastlines. We furnish information on the original orthography, authorship, date of publication, current binominal representation, synonymy and chresonymy lists for ...
S.R. Ganesh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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