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Improving spatial and temporal accuracy in coastal reclamation mapping using satellite image time series

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation
Driven by urban expansion and economic growth, China has carried out extensive coastal reclamation in the past four decades, leading to negative ecological impacts.
Runjie Huang, Li Zhuo, Na Jie, Jixiang Zheng, Haiyan Tao   +4 more
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The worsening impacts of land reclamation assessed with Sentinel-1: The Rize (Turkey) test case [PDF]

, 2019
Massive amounts of land are being reclaimed to build airports, new cities, ports, and highways. Hundreds of kilometers are added each year, as coastlines are extended further out to the sea.
Althuwaynee, Aslan, Boscardin, Bouali, Calo, Cao, Cigna, Cigna, Colesanti, Copernicus, Costantini, Cristian Rossi, Crosetto, Crosetto, Dirscherl, Eriksen, Erten, Erten, Esra Erten, Farina, Ferretti, Halicioglu, Hilley, Iftikhar, Kacar, Kalender, Kalender, Kalender, Kalender, Kampes, Kim, Lasko, Milillo, Moreira, Narayan, Nicodemo, Osmanoglu, Plank, Prats-Iraola, Raspini, Rizenin Sesi, Schunert, Skempton, Solari, Srivastava, Thomas, Tofani, Wroth, Yang, Yang, Özhaseki   +50 more
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How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke, Joelle Moore, Fatemeh Aminpour, Katya Eagles   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coastal area management in South Asia: a comparative perspective (Background Paper prepared for South Asia Workshop on Fisheries and Coastal Area Management, 26 September-1 October 1996, Madras, India) [PDF]

, 1996
Most of the world's fisheries and fishing communities are supported by coastal areas. Consequently, the well-being and future of the fishery sector depend on the health of the coastal ecosystem.
Sharma, Chandrika
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Mineral Royalties: Historical Uses and Justifications [PDF]

, 2017
Governments and private landowners have collected royalties on mineral resources for centuries. When comprehensive measures to account for the environmental externalities of mineral extraction are politically or practically unavailable, federal and state
Cecot, Caroline, Hein, Jayni Foley
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Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Basic Slag, Aggregate Size and Groundwater Treatments on the Production of Chilli in Acid Sulfate Soils in a Simulation Study [PDF]

, 2008
A simulation study was conducted to evaluate the effects of basic slag (BS10 and BS20: basic slag 10 and 20 t ha-1), aggregate size (A20 and A30: aggregate sizes of soil, less than 20 and 20-30 mm) and groundwater depth (Gw0: no influence of groundwater ...
Bhuiyan, Md. Mukaddas Ali, Blume, Hans-Peter, Kabir, Syed Monzur, Khan, Md. Harunor Rashid   +3 more
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Poseidon's Sanctuary at Samikon—The Discovery of an Ancient Temple Through an Integrated Geophysical and Geoarchaeological Survey Approach for Lagoonal and Swampy Environments

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Below the classical fortress of Samikon at the coast of the western Peloponnese, ancient writer Strabo mentioned a sanctuary of Poseidon which served as the centre of the religious association of the Triphylian cities. In this paper, we describe the discovery and investigation of a building structure by means of geophysical and ...
Dennis Wilken, Birgitta Eder, Sarah Bäumler, Elena Appel, Peter Fischer, Tina Georg, Federica Iannone, Lena Slabon, Timo Willershäuser, Erofili‐Iris Kolia, Andreas Vött   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of the Justice Values to Legal Protection for Traditional People from Coastal Reclamation Threat in Coastal Areas

SHS Web of Conferences, 2018
The background of this research is based on the fact that law protection to the traditional people in coastal areas due to the impacts of coastal reclamation tends to be low.
Yulianti Rina, Safi, Murni
doaj   +1 more source

Arrangements Concerning Reclamation and Their Legal Impacts in View from UNCLOS 1982

SASI, 2023
Introduction: Continuous development in a country automatically makes the country lack vacant land, and reclamation is one way to overcome this problem. Reclamation in its implementation has not been regulated in detail in the 1982 UNLCOS so it can cause
Popi Tuhulele, Richard Marsilio Waas, Afrizal Anshari Makatita   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source