Bjørn K. Sagdahl, Coastman Working, Paper N
Chapter 1: State of Fear or State of Oblivion? What coastal zones are telling us about global change and why we need integrated coastal and ocean management on a global scale. Section 1: Coastal habitats. Chapter 2: The challenge of establishing sustainable utilization of our coastal resources. Chap...
* Land and Water Management in Coastal Zones: Dealing with Agriculture-Aquaculture-Fishery Conflicts, J W Gowing, T P Tuong and C T Hoanh, * Adapting to Aquaculture in Vietnam: Securing Livelihoods in a Context of Change in Two Coastal Communities, C Luttrell, Overseas Development Institute, UK * Li...
Valentina Lauria, Isha Das, Sugata Hazra, Ignacio Cazcarro et al.
Deltas are home to a large and growing proportion of the world's population, often living in conditions of extreme poverty. Deltaic ecosystems are ecologically significant as they support high biodiversity and a variety of fisheries, however these coastal environments are extremely vulnerable to cli...
Abdullahel Bari
The Blue Economy is regarded as the decoupling of socio-economic activities and development from environmental degradation and optimizing the benefits which may be derived from marine resources. The attitude of achieving long-term prosperity by a country or a region befitting the wellbeing of all ci...
Molly K. Grace, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya, Elizabeth L. Bennett, Thomas M. Brooks et al.
Recognizing the imperative to evaluate species recovery and conservation impact, in 2012 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) called for development of a "Green List of Species" (now the IUCN Green Status of Species). A draft Green Status framework for assessing species' progres...
Maminul Haque Sarker, Colin R. Thorne
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Hypothesis The Assam Earthquake of 1950 Data Sources and Processing Morphological Changes Conceptual Process–Response Model Discussion Summary and Recommendations for Further Research Acknowledgements References
D. R. Stoddart
Geography as an integral branch of knowledge has suffered by an increasing division both between physical and human geography and between specialisms within each. It is argued that neither physical nor human geography has a viable independent existence, but in the absence of a unified geography will...
Kristina M. Gjerde, Lora L. Nordtvedt Reeve, Harriet Harden‐Davies, Jeff Ardron et al.
Abstract Marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) comprise most of Earth's interconnected ocean, hosting complex ecosystems that play key roles in sustaining life and providing important goods and services. Although ABNJ encompass nearly half the planet's surface, biological diversity found ...
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Hafez Ahmad
Coastal Zone (CZ) is the region where land, ocean and atmosphere interact with each other hence it is dynamic and diverse in nature. This zone is being continually attacked by cyclones, sea level rise, storm surge which have caused terrible impacts on this low lying coastal area. The complex and act...
Afsana Haque, Yasushi Asami
Hans‐Joachim Mosler, Olivia R. Blöchliger, Jennifer Inauen
Naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh poses a well-known public health threat. The aim of the present study is to investigate fostering and hindering factors of people's use of deep tubewells that provide arsenic-safe drinking water, derived from the Protection Motivation Theory a...
Tanzim Afroz, Shawkat Alam
Robert J. Smith, Leon Bennun, Thomas M. Brooks, Stuart H. M. Butchart et al.
Abstract Systematic conservation planning and Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are the two most widely used approaches for identifying important sites for biodiversity. However, there is limited advice for conservation policy makers and practitioners on when and how they should be combined. Here we pro...
Manoranjan K. Mondal, S. I. Bhuiyan, Danielito Tan Franco