The use of CCTV-surveillance by Flemish municipalities is increasing. A newspaper analysis, complemented with other information gives a first indication about the developments in this field and shows an evolution in the implementation of CCTV in Flemish municipalities. In the beginning CCTV was used to protect spots where public services are delivered. In a next phase, a reduced number of Flemi...

City parks, important environments built for physical activity, play critical roles in preventing chronic diseases and promoting public health. We used five commonly used park indicators to investigate the spatiotemporal trend of city parks in mainland China between 1981 and 2014 at three scales: national, provincial and city class. City parks in China increased significantly with a turning poi...

We investigate the effect of hurricane strikes on housing prices in US coastal cities. To this end, we construct a new index of hurricane destruction which varies over time and space. Using this index and an annual, two equation, dynamic equilibrium correction panel model with area and time fixed effects, we model the effects of hurricanes on real house process and real incomes. In our model hu...

1 Australian Rivers Institute – Coast & Estuaries and School of Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia 2 School of Science & Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, DC, QLD 4558, Australia 3 School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia 4 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Marine ...

Coastal cities are growing at a very rapid pace, both in population and in terms of assets; therefore, flood risk is likely to increase substantially in these areas in the absence of specific protections. In addition, great uncertainty surrounds the future evolution of hurricane intensity and sea level rise. The area of Miami represents a clear hotspot of human and economic coastal flood exposu...

The coastal environment represents a complex natural system strongly conditioned both from the anthropic action and the natural agent. It is closely connected to the fluvial net that, with its solid contribution, feeds the beaches, balancing the destructive action of the seas storm. During the last few decades the deterioration of the coastal environment is exploded on world-wide scale in all i...

In the present review of 23 published case studies, the main objective is to report the emergence and epidemiology of ciguatera in the coastal cities of southern China. There was a sudden surge in ciguatera outbreaks in 2004. Ciguatera mostly occurred in the Guangdong Province. In Shenzhen, the incidence of ciguatera in 2004 was estimated to be over 7.5 per million people. In Foshan and Zhongsh...