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Association of Community-level Traits with Soil Properties in a Tropical Coastal Sand Dune

open access: yesEnvironment and Natural Resources Journal, 2019
There is limited information regarding plant functional traits for plant communities in tropical coastal sand dunes. This study investigated differences in species trait compositions and the relationship between community-weighted mean (CWM ...
Dokrak Marod   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The conflict between urban planning and the preservation of sand dunes – The case of the Big Dune in the city of Ashdod, Israel

open access: yesCity and Environment Interactions, 2020
The town of Ashdod in Israel has historical roots from the Bronze Age. During the long history, Ashdod was located on a low hill of aeolianite (lithified sand dune) a couple of kilometers east of the sand dunes, while the sand dunes were active because ...
Haim Tsoar, Aviv Lee Cohen-Zada
doaj   +1 more source

COASTAL SAND DUNES OF TANEGASHIMA ISLAND

open access: yesGeographical Review of Japan, 1971
On the Tanegashima Island, to the southwest of Japan, marine terraces are widely deve-loped and formations of coastal dunes also are extensively noticed on all the periphery of the island. Aeolian sands of this island are classified into several groups from the view point of stratigraphic feature in the deposits.
openaire   +2 more sources

Depositional Characteristics of Carbonate-Cemented Fossil Eolian Sand Dunes: Bozcaada Island, Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Erginal, A.E.; Ekinci, Y.L.; Demirci, A.; Avcioglu, M.; Ozturk, M.Z.; Turkes M., and Yigitbas, E., 2013. Depositional characteristics of carbonate-cemented fossil eolian sand dunes: Bozcaada Island, Turkey.
Ekinci, Yunus Levent   +6 more
core   +1 more source

ORCHESTRATING DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY: Black Fungibility, and the Spatial Redrawing of Racial Categories in Spanish Colonial Morocco, Sahara and Guinea

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I dissect the spatial strategies through which the Spanish attempted to orchestrate both racial difference and similarity in the African colonies of Morocco, Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea during the first half of the twentieth century.
Pol Fité Matamoros
wiley   +1 more source

Germinação e estabelecimento de plântulas de Dalbergia ecastophyllum (L.) taub. em duna frontal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Florianópolis, 2013As condições ambientais em dunas costeiras apresentam fatores limitantes ao estabelecimento de ...
Galitzki, Elise Lara
core  

300 Years of Degradation in Wales Estuaries and Coasts

open access: yesNatural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The world's oceans are in a severe state of degradation, yet our understanding of that degradation is often based on changes observed only in the past 20–50 years. This narrow view leads to marine conservation efforts that aim to preserve already degraded ecosystems, shaped by shifted ecological baselines.
Richard K. F. Unsworth   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An analysis of coastal sand dune management in Oregon (United States) from the 19th to the 21st century

open access: yes
The Drivers -Pressures -State -Impact -Response (DPSIR) framework was employed to understand the land use policies developed to manage coastal sand dunes and their consequences in Oregon, United States of America, during two contrasting periods: from the
Freitas, J.G.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Dutch dilemma: Housing prices and flood risk exposure

open access: yesReal Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This article studies the impact of flood risk exposure on housing prices in a major river delta. Analyzing 1.8 million property transactions from 1998 to 2023 in the Netherlands, we find an average price discount of 1.1%. We observe considerable heterogeneity in price effects driven by exposure intensity, institutional settings that vary ...
Piet Eichholtz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of the use of dredged sand as an alternative to beach sand and coastal dunes for coastal preservation

open access: yes, 2022
Abstract The need for construction sand needs to increase due to the increase in population. The use of dunes and coastal sand disfigures shorelines and the consequences are alarming. It is therefore necessary to consider replacing these resources with other more ecological ones. Hence the purpose of this article.
Abdelhamid Noufid   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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