The long-term goal of our project is to develop and enhance research and educational capabilities in the area of coastal engineering and science at Louisiana State University (LSU) while simultaneously supporting the Navy’s research goals in the area of Coastal Geosciences. The focus of the present work is to develop a new modeling framework for simulations of coastal processes in deltaic envir...

Sustainable management of coastal resources depends on human knowledge and perceptions of natural resources and coastal environments. However, empirical evidence has been limited in order to understand linkages between knowledge, perceptions and collective actions to achieve sustainable resource management. This case study analyzed perceptions and knowledge among diverse stakeholders: villagers...

A study on the public's perceptions and conceptions of global environmental changes (GECs) is relevant to guide future educational strategies and management actions. The present study aimed to: (1) evaluate coastal tourists' conceptions and perceptions of GECs; (2) correlate the conceptions presented by tourists about GECs and their self-declared knowledge; (3) evaluate how these tourists perce...

Central to this chapter is a review and discussion of the “data portal” as the primary means for search, discovery and download of spatial data. Discussed are some of the most pressing challenges to effective implementation of portals within the broader context of a spatial data infrastructure or SDI. Potential solutions are featured via two major case studies of interest to practitioners in co...

Our research goal is to monitor the water pollution and aquatic plants in the coastal lagoon environments using satellite data. This time, our past activities concerning some satellite study project and the preliminary result of ALOS/AVNIR-2 analysis in coastal lagoon such as Lakes Shinji and Nakaumi are introduced.

Knowledge of seabed dynamics in nearshore environments is needed to address problems ranging from to the evolution of coastal geomorphology to the changing nature of seabed acoustical properties. One successful approach, used primarily in fine-grained sedimentary environments, has been the application short-lived particle-reactive radioisotopes to quantify sediment deposition and accumulation r...

Caspian Sea is the largest land locked water body in the world and has been characterized by significant relative sea-level changes since the Pliocene. The sea-level oscillations have strongly impacted the coastal areas depending on geomorphological setting. This study aims to investigate the impacts of sea level oscillations on low-lying coasts of the southeastern flank of the Caspian Sea...