Communities worldwide are increasingly affected by natural hazards such as floods, droughts, wildfires and storm-waves. However, the causes of these increases remain underexplored, often attributed to climate changes or changes in the patterns of human exposure. This paper aims to quantify the effect of climate change, as well as land cover change, on a suite of natural hazards. Changes to four...

The Adélie Land coastal region of Antarctica is one of the most prominent cyclogenesis regions in the Southern Hemisphere, and is adjacent to the continent’s most intense katabatic wind regime. However, the physical mechanisms responsible for cyclogenesis are not known. A manual analysis of cyclogenesis for the 2003–2005 period using output from the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) ...

We used more than thirty years of water quality monitoring data collected by the United States Geological Survey at several stations in the Altamaha River and its tributaries to examine the relationship between population density, agricultural land use, and nutrient export from the watershed. Population densities in the Altamaha River watershed increased during the study period, most notably in...

the “driving force - pressure - state - impact – response” modeling framework isadopted to consider the formation mechanisms of environmental risks and the requirements ofecological environment protection. moreover, a systematical index system and evaluation model forthe measurement of the coastal ecological security level is put forward in this paper to assess thestate of coastal ecological en...

A study of the effects of human modification of a coastal plain mainly involving land reclamation and flood protection is proposed. The approach involves historical, geomorphological and hydrological data as a whole, taking into account the equilibrium of rivers, plains and coastal areas. The test area, a telling example of profound economic and social transformation of a coastal plain, is the ...

The integration of marine and land based spatial information will support sustainable management and development of the coastal zone. Therefore, the development of a seamless platform covering the land and marine environments would facilitate more efficient and effective decision-making capabilities for any jurisdiction with land-marine interface. This paper discusses the potential for developi...

REIF, M.K.; MACON, C.L., and WOZENCRAFT, J.M., 2011. Post-Katrina land-cover, elevation, and volume change assessment along the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, U.S.A. In: Pe’eri, S. and Long, B. (eds.), Applied LIDAR Techniques, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 62, 30–39. West Palm Beach (Florida), ISSN 07490208. Advances in remote-sensing technology have led to its ...

Deciphering ecological effects of major catastrophic events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, storms and fires, requires rapid interdisciplinary efforts often hampered by a lack of pre-event data. Using results of intertidal surveys conducted shortly before and immediately after Chile's 2010 M(w) 8.8 earthquake along the entire rupture zone (ca. 34-38°S), we provide the first q...

The coastal zone is a complex area, consisting of both the marine and terrestrial environments. It is also home for an increasing number of activities, rights and interests, and according to the UN Atlas of the Ocean 44% of the worlds population. Worldwide countries are realising the need to balance development and exploitation of resources in the coastal zone with environmental and social need...

Hydrographic surveying and nautical charting play a vital role in the safety of navigation in coastal areas, and are thus essential to world maritime commerce. However, the status of hydrographic surveys and nautical charting world-wide is usually quite poor. As a result of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), coastal states will be responsible for surveying and chartin...