Spatially Explicit Assessment of Social Vulnerability in Coastal China

Towards a spatially explicit and quantitative vulnerability assessment of environmental change in Europe

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...

Some Problems of Vulnerability Assessment in the Coastal Zone of China

The Chinese coastline is 32000 km long. The 12 coastal provinces are very important in terms of population and their contribution to the economy, and contain 41.9% and 72.5% of China’s total, respectively. There are 8 coastal vulnerable areas and most of them are related to large deltas which presently have a large sediment-supply. 70% of muddy and sandy coasts suffer from erosion, but the main...

Qualitative Assessment of the Coastal Plain of Talesh using the Modified DRASTIC Vulnerability Method

Given the fact that the DRASTIC index is ineffective in addressing the saltwater uprising issue in coastal plains, in the present study, three factors including land use, distance to shoreline, and differences between groundwater and sea level were added to the DRASTIC index. The proposed modification to DRASTIC was validated using the measured electrical conductivity (EC) data gathered from gr...

Social vulnerability of small scale coastal fisher's livelihood to climate change

Fisheries support livelihood of over half a billion of people globally. Many of these people live in coastal regions of developing countries; and have limited capacity to adapt and build resilience in the face of climate change.  This research assesses the biophysical and socioeconomic characteristics of fishers in four coastal communities, Komenda, Elmina, Cape coast and Morree, in Ghana. Stru...