Coastal Risk Shores And Deltas In Peril

Author : Clara Armaroli,Derek W. T. Jackson,Denise Reed,Christophe Viavattene
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889633982

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Coastal Risk: Shores and Deltas in Peril by Clara Armaroli,Derek W. T. Jackson,Denise Reed,Christophe Viavattene Pdf

The interaction between land and sea is controlled by a number of processes that are in general driven by the equilibrium between environmental forcing components (e.g. hydrodynamic - waves, currents, surges), atmospheric (e.g. winds) and terrestrial (e.g. catchment land cover) and sediment dynamics. In the context of the Anthropocene epoch, the equilibrium in many coastal regions is now often altered by the influence of human activities. Successive human activities globally influence (indirectly) these forcing components, helping magnify the negative impact of extreme meteorological events and sea level rise. Directly, human activity can also influence a number of processes at a local scale within and between the catchment, the sea and the coast. For example, misplaced engineered infrastructure inside these naturally dynamic environments can accentuate disequilibrium, destabilizing shores and deltas. Development in catchments can promote rapid runoff, inducing sometimes-dramatic effects on downstream urbanized areas, the socio-economy as well as on coastal resources and ecosystems. This Research Topic aims to assemble research and review papers that focus on the dynamics of shores and deltas in peril under present conditions as well as in the future context of sea-level rise, climate change and adaptation strategies under various scenarios.

Author : Kamal Srogy Darwish
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031443244

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Hazard Modeling and Assessment of the Nile Delta Coast by Kamal Srogy Darwish Pdf

The book presents the results of a doctoral thesis conducted under the supervision of two international governmental universities in Egypt and the USA. This book is very important for specialists in the field of Physical Geography with concentration of Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing techniques for Coastal Hazard Assessment. It deals with coastal hazards and disasters using unique techniques and methods, such as Coastline Change Detection, Sea-Level Rise Modeling and Future Predication, Coastal Erosion Hazard Mapping, and Coastal Vulnerability Index. The integration of geospatial technologies that applied accurately in this book especially for the coastal hazard mitigation and protection devise evaluation makes it very helpful for researchers and academics, as well as for coastal and civil engineers.

Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1807 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009178464

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The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Pdf

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : Joseph T. Kelley,Orrin H. Pilkey,J. A. G. Cooper
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813724607

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America's Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities by Joseph T. Kelley,Orrin H. Pilkey,J. A. G. Cooper Pdf

"Sea level is rising, and yet Americans continue to develop beaches with little regard. In this volume, a group of coastal geologists discusses the startling saga of ten U.S. East and Gulf Coast shoreline communities (plus Puerto Rico and some western Europe strands) and the problems created by their inevitable interaction with natural processes in this highly dynamic geologic environment. The authors discuss the geologic context of the hazards of each site as the history of societal responses and their environmental impacts. Response to the natural coastal processes that threaten lives and buildings is carried out in a context of local, state and national politics with fixed short-term engineering solutions (beach replenishment, seawalls) generally favored over longer-term approaches (moving back, prohibition of seawalls). This essential GSA Special Paper foreshadows the impending rise of sea level and the myriad of shoreline responses and political controversies it will provoke."--Publisher's description.

Author : Greg Bankoff,Joseph Christensen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349948574

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Natural Hazards and Peoples in the Indian Ocean World by Greg Bankoff,Joseph Christensen Pdf

This book examines the dangers and the patterns of adaptation that emerge through exposure to risk on a daily basis. By addressing the influence of environmental factors in Indian Ocean World history, the collection reaches across the boundaries of the natural and social sciences, presenting case-studies that deal with a diverse range of natural hazards – fire in Madagascar, drought in India, cyclones and typhoons in Oman, Australia and the Philippines, climatic variability, storms and flood in Vietnam and the Philippines, and volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis in Indonesia. These chapters, written by leading international historians, respond to a growing need to understand the ways in which natural hazards shape social, economic and political development of the Indian Ocean World, a region of the globe that is highly susceptible to the impacts of seismic activity, extreme weather, and climate change.

Author : Thomas Bianchi,Mead Allison,Wei-Jun Cai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107022577

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Biogeochemical Dynamics at Major River-Coastal Interfaces by Thomas Bianchi,Mead Allison,Wei-Jun Cai Pdf

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art synthesis of biogeochemical dynamics and the impact of human alterations at major river-coastal interfaces for advanced students and researchers.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LOC:0009149775A

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Delta Queen by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Pdf

Author : David E. Kitchen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781315506647

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Global Climate Change by David E. Kitchen Pdf

The science of climate change is a complex subject that balances the physical record and scientific fact with politics, policy, and ethics - and is of particular importance to the geosciences. This thoughtfully crafted new text and accompanying media encourage non-science majors to practice critical thinking, analysis, and discourse about climate change themes. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, acclaimed educator and researcher, David Kitchen, examines not only the physical science, but the social, economic, political, energy, and environmental issues surrounding climate change. His goal: to turn knowledge into action, equipping students with the knowledge and critical skills to make informed decisions, separate facts from fiction, and participate in the public debate.

Author : Tim C. Jennerjahn,Tim Rixen,Hari Eko Irianto,Joko Samiaji
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128150511

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Science for the Protection of Indonesian Coastal Ecosystems (SPICE) by Tim C. Jennerjahn,Tim Rixen,Hari Eko Irianto,Joko Samiaji Pdf

Science for the Protection of Indonesian Coastal Ecosystems (SPICE) provides key information on all aspects related to the management of coastal ecosystems. This includes the coastal management involved, the ecology of this area, and the relationship between humans and the environment found here. The book presents guidelines defined by scientific experts, allowing for proper application of science products into ecosystem management. The bio-geo-physical importance of coastal ecosystems of Indonesia makes this a book of global importance and interest. Written by an Indonesian-German author team, giving a unique and global perspective on the coastal ecosystems Presents text boxes with research gaps and policy implications, giving the reader an easy grasp of what needs to be done in terms of research and management Features best practice case-studies that can be applied to coastal ecosystems around the world, offered through the lens of Indonesia, a region of global relevance in terms of climate and environmental change

Author : G. Benassai
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845640545

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Introduction to Coastal Dynamics and Shoreline Protection by G. Benassai Pdf

"Provides an integrated approach to coastal dynamics and shoreline protection, aided by the use of specific case studies" -- Back cover.

Author : Anthony Oliver-Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3939923281

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Sea Level Rise and the Vulnerability of Coastal Peoples by Anthony Oliver-Smith Pdf

Author : Joseph T. Kelley
Publisher : Living with the Shore
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:35007004871681

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Living with the Louisiana Shore by Joseph T. Kelley Pdf

Nowhere in America is there a more beautiful, more varied, or more endangered shoreline than in Louisiana. Because of its setting at the mouth of the Mississippi River, Louisiana differs from other coastal states. In addition to long stretches of sandy beach there are 12,000 square miles of marsh along the coast. Although the state's shoreline has not yet experienced the urban sprawl of a New Jersey or Florida, two-thirds of all Louisianans now live within a two-hour drive of salt marsh. The oil industry is expanding and competing for space and resources. But the most striking feature of Louisiana's coastline is rapidly accelerating change, which means (1) some coastal parishes may literally disappear by the year 2000; (2) the loss of marshland will damage the prolific seafood industry; (3) a retreating coastline could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues from offshore oil facilities; (4) present and potential shoreline residents will face many new problems and possibilities.

Author : Celina Jeffery
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781648894343

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Ephemeral Coast: Visualizing Coastal Climate Change by Celina Jeffery Pdf

"Ephemeral Coast - Visualizing Coastal Climate Change" considers the ways that art can offer a means through which to discover, analyze, re-imagine and re-frame emotive discourses about the ecological and cultural transformations of the coastline. This edited anthology takes ephemerality as its central conceptual and methodological framework and presents a series of essays that create interconnections between environmental and social considerations of the coast, a succession of embodied creative practices, and shifting regional geographic identities. The book presents a series of specific case studies of artistic practices and strategies that seek to capture the rewriting of cartographic maps that are being reshaped by rising seas, coastal flooding and catastrophic weather. The essays in this edited volume engender creative strategies for understanding new and uncertain coastal ecologies and the loss, expulsion or destruction of their associated cultures, habitats, species and ecosystems. The anthology also looks at the historical, mnemonic and contemporary transitional conditions of ‘conflicted’ coastal spaces in which empire, modernity and globalization press on coastal erosion and incursions, proliferate it with trivial plastics, pollution and disposable attitudes, and bring vulnerable communities into uncertain futures."

Author : Terry Hodges
Publisher : Terry Hodges
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Warden Force: Delta Ambush and Other True Game Warden Adventures by Terry Hodges Pdf

This is not a novel. The WARDEN FORCE series is a collection of short stories, all true adventures of the finest protectors of wildlife in the world. Game wardens, or conservation officers as they're known in some states, have been the subject of an explosion of interest during the past few years. The WARDEN FORCE series is a collection of short stories, all true adventures of the finest protectors of wildlife in the world. TV reality shows such as JOE PICKETT (Paramount+), WILD JUSTICE (National Geographic), NORTH WOODS LAW (Animal Planet), LONE STAR LAW (Animal Planet) have introduced the public to this dangerous and little known profession, and left them hungry for more. Award winning author Terry Hodges was himself a California State Fish and Game warden and supervisor/leader of game wardens for over 30 intense years. He writes with the authority possible only by those who have actually lived the life, who have actually packed a badge and a gun on behalf of wildlife and battled all manner of wildlife-destroying outlaws. Season five contains 13 more exciting adventures: Uncatchable Chick Feathers - A clever deer-poaching archer, widely considered to be too smart to catch, meets an old-time game warden who disagrees. Incident at Killer Cove - Armed killers on the run tangle with game wardens on the prowl. Sooner or Later - An outlaw falconer outsmarts a new and inexperienced game warden. A year later, he’s not so lucky. Otter Killers and Uncommon Luck - Wardens pursue sea-otter-killing commercial abalone divers. Leo’s Demise - One man dies before wardens deal with an African lion, a grown pet gone rogue, in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Tough Customers - A game warden and a hostage-taking armed robber nearly destroy a drugstore. Bug Pirates - Trap-raiding lobster thieves meet with misfortune. Setliners - Wardens target long-line catfish poachers. A Matter of Preference - Wardens attempting to ambush season-jumping commercial lobster fishermen get a big surprise. Delta Ambush - Night-prowling, canoe-borne wardens stalk a wily and destructive Delta outlaw. Rake Man - A well disguised warden outsmarts lawless abalone pickers. The Honest to God Truth - An honest mistake and a white-knuckle, midnight vehicle tail through Long Beach yields a surprise and an important arrest. Raid of the Stockton Airborne - Did they or didn’t they? Wardens from the sky? A day for mass-killing duck poachers does not end well.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Pilot guides
ISBN : PURD:32754075490494

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United States Coast Pilot by Anonim Pdf