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The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Hurricane Protection
AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 2008 Coastal wetlands reduce the damaging effects of hurricanes on coastal communities. A regression model using 34 major US hurricanes since 1980 with the natural log of damage per unit gross domestic product in the hurricane swath as the dependent variable and the natural logs of wind speed and wetland area in the swath as the independent variables was ...
Costanza, Robert +5 more
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Texas coastal legislation. Third edition.
, 1977 168 pgs.Guide for principal coastal-management related statues.
Texas Coastal and Marine Council.
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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High‐elevation endemic plants predicted to lose habitat from changing climate in Washington State
American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise High‐elevation plants face unique challenges from potential climate change impacts that will likely require upslope migration into increasingly smaller suitable habitat. This situation is particularly acute for endemic species that by definition occupy small geographic ranges.
Nicholas L. Gjording +4 more
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Annual report of institutional progress, 2005-2006 : Coastal Georgia Community College [PDF]
, 2006 A: SUMMARY OF MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2005-2006 -- B: ANNUAL PROGRESS IN INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING -- C: ANNUAL PROGRESS IN ASSESSING INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS -- D: IMPROVING STUDENT RETENTION AND GRADUATION -- E.
Lord, Dorothy L.
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
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Annual report of institutional progress, 2006-2007 : Coastal Georgia Community College [PDF]
, 2007 1: ANNUAL PROGRESS IN ASSESSING INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS -- 2: OVERALL INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH -- 3: Summary of Major Institutional Accomplishments in 2006-2007 -- Faculty in all transfer and career program areas are in the process of evaluating ...
Lord, Dorothy L.
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Wave–Current Interactions in the Agulhas Retroflection: The Beluga Reefer Accident
Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringThe Beluga Reefer accident underscores the hidden risks associated with complex wave–current interactions along South Africa’s coastline, particularly in the Agulhas Current retroflection zone.
Victor Edem Setordjie +3 more
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COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY, COASTAL PROTECTION, AND MANAGEMENT IN DENMARK AND SWEDEN
PROCEEDINGS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE OCEAN, 1999 Coastal geomorphology, coastal protection and management in Denmark and Sweden were investigated through a field study and collaboration with local researchers. Coastal managementregulations and protection schemes such as the right of public access to the beach and groin system have been well established in Denmark since 1241 and early 19th century ...
NISHI, Ryuichiro +3 more
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Stop the BHP Billition LNG Terminal
, 2006 Webpage from the California Coastal Protection Network regards the significant negative environmental impacts that the LNG terminal can do if implemented on the Oxnard and Malibu coasts.
California Coastal Protection Network
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