The Sector Analysis as a Coastal Management Tool for Sustainable Tourism Development on the Mediterranean Coast of Morocco DOI Open Access
Noureddine Er-Ramy, Driss Nachite, Giorgio Anfuso

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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(16), P. 12581 - 12581

Published: Aug. 18, 2023

Beaches are ecologically valuable ecosystems and sites that attract many tourists from all over the world, therefore, knowledge of their environmental conditions to establish sound management strategies is extreme relevance. This study aims assess classify 50 beaches through an innovative coastal approach called “Sector Analysis”, which integrates Litter grading, scenic quality beach typology in order into one three sectors: Green (high value sites), Red (low sites) Yellow (sites with contradictory values). Grade makes it possible a site according quantity litter using four grades “A” (low) “D” amount). The Coastal Scenic Evaluation System (CSES) allows five classes, ranging extremely attractive natural (Class I) unattractive degraded urbanized V). methodology for sustainable area can be easily applied any world. results on CSES considered this paper were obtained previous studies used obtain Sector Analysis showed only 8 (16%) sector, 18 (36%) sector 24 (48%) sector. significant percentage (one third studied) clearly indicates degradation Moroccan Mediterranean coast has undergone due considerable anthropogenic activities lack adequate programs. In study, various interventions proposed conserve improve aesthetic reduce impact presence areas.

Language: Английский

Leveraging built marine structures to benefit and minimize impacts on natural habitats DOI Creative Commons
Avery B. Paxton, Brendan J. Runde, Carter S. Smith

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BioScience, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 75(2), P. 172 - 183

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Abstract Many natural marine habitats are decreasing in extent despite global conservation and restoration efforts. In contrast, built structures, such as hardened shorelines, offshore energy aquaculture infrastructure, artificial reefs, increasing extent—and, some locations, represent over 80% of nearshore, structured habitat. When introduced into the seascape, structures inevitably interact with habitats, but these not typically designed to support systems. This approach often results overall harm systems, further impeding goals. However, there is growing recognition within ocean management engineering community that can be strategically minimize their negative impacts potentially ecosystems associated biota. We synthesize best available science provide bright spot examples how leveraging mimic or facilitate help recover biodiversity, augment ecosystem services, rehabilitate degraded providing positive outcomes for people nature a changing climate. Despite spots, we caution have environmental consequences should used lieu conventional habitat justify destruction habitats.

Language: Английский

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Recent advances in bio-inspired geotechnics: From burrowing strategy to underground structures DOI
Wengang Zhang, R. Stephanie Huang,

Jiaying Xiang

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Gondwana Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 130, P. 1 - 17

Published: Jan. 19, 2024

Language: Английский

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Hydrodynamics of oyster reefs: A systematic review DOI
Fei Wu, Zegao Yin,

Chengyan Gao

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Ocean Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 311, P. 118954 - 118954

Published: Aug. 19, 2024

Language: Английский

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Restoration ecology meets design-engineering: Mimicking emergent traits to restore feedback-driven ecosystems DOI Creative Commons
Ralph J. M. Temmink, Christine Angelini,

Martijn Verkuijl

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 902, P. 166460 - 166460

Published: Aug. 21, 2023

Ecosystems shaped by habitat-modifying organisms such as reefs, vegetated coastal systems and peatlands, provide valuable ecosystem services, carbon storage protection. However, they are declining worldwide. Ecosystem restoration is a key tool for mitigating these losses but has proven failure-prone, because stability often hinges on self-facilitation generated emergent traits from habitat modifiers. Emergent not expressed the single individual, emerge at level of an aggregation: minimum patch-size or density-threshold must be exceeded to generate self-facilitation. Self-facilitation been successfully harnessed clumping transplanted organisms, requires large amounts often-limiting costly donor material. Recent advancements highlight that kickstarting mimicking can similarly increase success. In this perspective, we framework combining expertise ecologists, engineers industrial product designers transition trial-and-error trait design-based, cost-efficient approaches support large-scale restoration.

Language: Английский

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Surfaces of coastal biogenic structures: exploiting advanced digital design and fabrication strategies for the manufacturing of oyster reef and mussel bed surrogates DOI Creative Commons
Jan Hitzegrad, Leon Brohmann, Friedrich Herding

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Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: April 23, 2024

Coastal biogenic structures, formed by ecosystem engineering species, often feature rough surfaces characterized intricate topographies and highly three-dimensional reliefs. Their are shaped waves tidal currents reciprocally influence the ambient hydrodynamics, reflecting an equilibrium. Despite their significance, impact of these on hydrodynamics remains underexplored due to limited knowledge accurately replicating complex in experimental setups. The recent advent advanced digital manufacturing presents efficient means manufacture complex, surrogate models for modeling. This work explores accurate replication coastal structures modeling examples oyster reef a mussel bed, utilizing flexible design methodology and, first time, particle bed 3D printing with Selective Cement Activation (SCA) as fabrication method. A workflow is proposed, which includes iterative model development based in-situ topographical features, requirements setup, parameters printer SCA. results demonstrate effectiveness achieving validation against set features relevant hydraulic roughness. Particle SCA proved be suitable method modeling, offering advantages such independence production time from surface complexity. However, challenges persist exact comparability between manufactured real particularly very high Nonetheless, generic enable detailed investigations into thereby enhancing understanding processes governing wave energy dissipation attenuation, turbulence production, vertical mixing – critical application nature-based solution protection or restoration efforts.

Language: Английский

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BDCN_UNet: Advanced shoreline extraction techniques integrating deep learning DOI Creative Commons

Amira S. Mahmoud,

Sayed A. Mohamed,

Ashraf K. Helmy

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Earth Science Informatics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 18(2)

Published: Jan. 18, 2025

Abstract The delineation of shorelines, marking the dynamic boundary between land and sea, is crucial for coastal management ecological conservation. This research investigates various methods automatic shoreline extraction from satellite images, utilizing cost-effective regularly available remote sensing data. A deep learning framework used comparison that combines semantic segmentation (UNEt) edge detection (Bi-Directional Cascade Network, or BDCN) to make results more accurate. study focuses on northern coast Egypt, a region with diverse landscapes significant human interventions. We’ve made progress in our by using advanced image processing, CoastSat Toolkit, BDCN_UNet framework, time series analysis, networks look at keep an eye Egypt’s North Coast’s future plans detail. captures intricate interplay natural factors environments, offering valuable insights sustainable development. performance analysis four models (UNet, Pyramid Scene Parsing DeepLabV3, BDCN_UNet) applied three datasets (Sentinel-2, PlanetScope, Pleiades) showed PlanetScope Pleiades consistently yield higher accuracy (0.90–0.99), while Sentinel-2 proved challenging, particularly Network DeepLabV3. UNet exhibited robust across all datasets, especially delivering best overall.

Language: Английский

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Management DOI
Omar Defeo,

Anton McLachlan

Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 607 - 680

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

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Laboratory experiments on transforming emerged into submerged breakwaters DOI Creative Commons
Nasrin Hassanpour, Javier L. Lara, Diego Vicinanza

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Ocean Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 324, P. 120610 - 120610

Published: Feb. 21, 2025

Language: Английский

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Analyzing and Modeling Shoreline Variability at the Barrier Spit of Chilika Lagoon DOI
Subhasis Pradhan, Pratap Kumar Mohanty,

Rabindro Nath Samal

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Marine Geodesy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 36

Published: March 19, 2025

Shoreline change has emerged as an alarming threat to the coastline worldwide, impacting natural environment and human development. Among India's coastal lagoons, Chilika Lagoon bears international importance for its rich biological significance. However, growing erosion along Odisha coast poses a significant concern lagoon's stability. The present study investigates shoreline 80 km stretch of over 46-year period (1975–2020) using DSAS 5.0 model. was divided into four zones, each exhibiting distinct patterns accretion. Overall, accretion dominated erosion, with Zone 2 showing least variability 3 experiencing highest rates, particularly after artificial opening Sipakuda inlet in 2000. 4, high variability, demonstrated lower rate predictions 2013–2040, LITLINE model, revealed both erosional depositional trends, advancement south Gabakunda recession north Dhalabali inlet. Cyclonic storm landfall positions dynamics were identified key contributors change, especially Zones 4. Future wave climate simulations suggest lagoon is not at immediate risk from climate. highlights vulnerability northern spit, recommendations strategic management, mangrove restoration, periodic dredging inner channels mitigate erosion. These measures align principles SDGs 13, SDG 14, 11, 15, supporting sustainable management practices. This research underscores balancing ecological preservation resilience efforts.

Language: Английский

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Vegetated intertidal mudflat and existing ecological restoration perspectives to control coastal erosion: Constraints and recommendations DOI
Nguyễn Tấn Phong

Ecological Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 215, P. 107610 - 107610

Published: March 25, 2025

Language: Английский

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