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Developing a cloud-based service offering actionable coastal climate risk and adaptation data across Europe

Climate Services
Coastal zones face increasing climate-driven hazards such as sea-level rise, storm surges, flooding and erosion, threatening infrastructure and ecosystems.
Arjen Luijendijk, Etiënne Kras, Luis Rodriguez Galvez, Floris Calkoen, Charalampos Skoulikaris, Eva Loukogeorgaki, Rémi Thiéblemont, Vincent Bascoul, Susana Romao, Jacinta Hamley, Paul Sayers, Robert J. Nicholls, Angélique Melet, Gonéri Le Cozannet   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global patterns of treeline predictability and the gap between the forest and the treeline

Ecography, EarlyView.
The alpine treeline is the highest elevation at which trees can grow, which is assumed to be controlled by temperature and globally predictable. However, many upper forest limits (UFLs) do not reach this elevation, due natural factors and human disturbance.
Erickson G. Urquiaga‐Flores, Michael Kessler, Maaike Y. Bader   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating UAV and USV for Elaboration of High-Resolution Coastal Elevation Models

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Coastal erosion, exacerbated by climate change, poses a critical global threat to both the environment and human livelihoods. Acquiring accurate, high-resolution topo-bathymetric data is vital for understanding these dynamic environments, without ...
Isabel López, Luis Bañón, José I. Pagán   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Location optimization of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drone port for coastal zone management: The case of Guangdong coastal zone in China

Coastal zones host diverse ecosystems and abundant natural resources but have become increasingly vulnerable in recent decades due to human activities and climate change.
Yin, Xiaoling, Deng, Yingbin, Zhou, Chenghu, Yang, Chuanxun, Li, Zhao, Hu, Hongda, Sun, Jia, Hou, Zhiwei, Huang, Wumeng, Yang, Ji, Dang, Minwen, Zhou, Shengnan, Liu, Yue, Zhang, Ru, Shu, Sijing, Jing, Wenlong   +15 more
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Water Governance Under International Pressure: Policy Narratives, Food Security, Scarcity, and the Politics of Survival in Iran

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
wiley   +1 more source

Ocean Governance and Marine Conservation: Institutional Work as a Lever for Ocean Sustainability

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ocean governance presents one of the most complex environmental policy challenges of our time, requiring coordinated action across multiple scales, sectors and stakeholder groups. This paper applies institutional work theory to systematically examine how actors create, maintain and disrupt the governance arrangements underpinning ocean ...
Kedar Uttam, Kristjan Jespersen, Paige Olmsted, Katryn Pasaribu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Kenya.

, 2015
The development of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) has started well in Kenya. Institutions that can carry the process forward exist. To further the evolution of this initiative to a mature national programme, the government is asked to give the proposed framework arrangements official recognition and legitimacy and to provide the ...
MwangunI, S.M., Mwandotto, J., Ong'anda, H.   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Mapping cumulative compound hydrometeorological and marine-induced risks on the NW Mediterranean coast

Scientific Reports
Coastal risks in the Mediterranean are a result of the complex interplay between hydrometeorological and marine hazards. The region encompasses areas with varying degrees of vulnerability to these hazards, as well as spatial variations in exposure values,
Rut Romero-Martín, Isabel Caballero-Leiva, Maria Carmen Llasat, Montserrat Llasat-Botija, Tomeu Rigo, Herminia I. Valdemoro, Joan Gilabert, Maria Cortès, José A. Jiménez   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Essential elements of integrated coastal zone management

, 1993
The coastal zone comprises a narrow strip of coastal lowlands and a vast area of coastal waters. While the coastal zone represents approximately 10% of the earth's surface, its coastal lowlands are inhabited by more than 50% of the world population.
Chua Thia-Eng
core  

Nested Carbon Governance in Southeast Asia: Towards Just Nature‐Based Solutions?

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NbS) have gained prominence as an integrated approach to addressing climate change and biodiversity loss while supporting sustainable development. Yet, their implementation across Southeast Asia remains fragmented and often contested.
Helena Varkkey, Michelle Ann Miller, David Taylor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source