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Shelmerdine, Richard L. "Large-scale forcing of coastal communities." Thesis, Open University, 2007. https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/largescale-forcing-of-coastal-communities(2c23ae0f-7619-416c-9a61-f30354b9a045).html.
Full textAdodoadji-Dogbe, Catherine Doe. "Climate change and vulnerable coastal communities in Ghana." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2018. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/30314/.
Full textKlinka, Karel. "Classification of natural forest communities of coastal British Columbia." Forest Sciences Department, University of British Columbia, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/668.
Full textMostofi, Camare Hooman. "Multicriteria Decision Evaluation of Adaptation Strategies for Vulnerable Coastal Communities." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20112.
Full textCheong, So-Min. "Korean fishing communities in transition : institutional change and coastal development /." Thesis, online access from ProQuest databases online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium access full-text, 2001. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/pqdiss.pl?3036456.
Full textBostick, Thomas P. "Engaging Stakeholders in Resilience Assessment and Management for Coastal Communities." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10150627.
Full textCoastal hazards including storm surge, sea-level rise, and cyclone winds continue to have devastating effects on infrastructure systems and communities despite the costly investments already being made in risk management to mitigate predicted consequences. Risk management has generally not been sufficiently focused on coastal resilience with community stakeholders involved in the process of making their coastlines more resilient to damaging storms. Thus, without earlier stakeholder involvement in coastal resilient planning for their community, they are frustrated after disasters occur. The US National Academies has defined resilience as “the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from and more successfully adapt to adverse events” (National Research Council (NRC), 2012). This dissertation introduces a methodology for enabling stakeholder-involved resilience evaluation across the physical, information, cognitive and social domains (DiMase, Collier, Heffner, & Linkov, 2015; Linkov et al., 2013). The methodology addresses the stages of resilience: prepare, absorb, recover and adapt and integrates performance assessment of risk management project initiatives with scenario analysis to characterize disruptions of risk-management priorities (Linkov, Fox-Lent, Keisler, Della Sala, & Sieweke, 2014b). The goal of the methodology is not to find the “right” solution set of priorities by quantitative means., but to develop a methodology for dialogue among the stakeholders. Rather, the purpose is to develop a methodology that would allow stakeholder involvement in the process of making their coastal communities more resilient by determining important resilience stages and domains, critical functions of the system, project initiatives for consideration, and potential future scenarios of concern. Stakeholder qualitative comments are transformed into quantitative inputs to produce qualitative outputs. The results of the methodology allow the stakeholders to easily “see” the priorities and the resilience stages and domains. The methodology is illustrated through a case study at Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA and then illustrated again through a second case study of Southeast Region of Florida and produces more focused results for the stakeholders. The research findings as broadly implemented will benefit federal and local policymakers and emergency responders, business and community leaders, and individual homeowners and residents in the United States and the International Community.
Tam, Jordan. "Understanding adaptation and social-ecological change in Chilean coastal communities." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58314.
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Foxwell-Norton, Kerrie-Ann, and na. "Communicating the Australian Coast: Communities, Cultures and Coastcare." Griffith University. School of Arts, 2007. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070814.094758.
Full textHuddleston, Veronica. "Restructuring and adjustment in resource-dependent coastal communities : a case study of the Western rock lobster fleet hosting communities." University of Western Australia. Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0001.
Full textGriffiths, Chevon. "Climate change and coastal vulnerability: application of vulnerability assessment methodologies in two coastal communities in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22970.
Full textCarter, Christopher Michael. "Spatial and temporal dynamics of phytoplankton communities in a coastal ecosystem." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Zoology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4807.
Full textCalder-Potts, Ruth Naomi. "The biological and ecological impacts of hypoxia on coastal benthic communities." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9352.
Full textKolawole, Gbolahan Cornelius. "The resilience of labrosones in coastal communities bordering the Indian Ocean." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32710.
Full textMalherbe, Willem Stefanus. "The identification of key vulnerability components within Solomon Islands coastal communities." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6827.
Full textNicholas, Kirsty Rebecca. "Secondary production of coastal plankton communities in the western Irish Sea." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307669.
Full textCuschieri, Katie Sarah. "Species diversity of aggregate-associated marine ammonia-oxidising bacteria." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2000. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU602054.
Full textDiedrich, Amy. "Assessment of the impacts of tourism development in coastal communities in Belize /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2006. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/fullcit/3239904.
Full textGriffiths, Megan Elizabeth. "Salt spray effects on rare New England coastal sandplain heathland plant communities /." Thesis, Connect to Dissertations & Theses @ Tufts University, 2003.
Find full textAdviser: Colin M. Orians. Submitted to the Dept. of Biology. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-200). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;
Sara, Barghi. "Water Management Modelling in the Simulation of Water Systems in Coastal Communities." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/24364.
Full textKemp, Jeremy Mark. "The biogeography of coastal fish communities and associated habitats in southern Arabia." Thesis, University of York, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.301157.
Full textKlinka, Karel, Christine Chourmouzis, Bob Brett, and H. Qian. "Classification of high-elevation, non-forested plant communities in coastal British Columbia." Forest Sciences Department, University of British Columbia, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/710.
Full textDíaz, Pacia. "Pursuing Resilience of Coastal Communities Through Sustainable and Integrated Urban Water Management." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7497.
Full textKrupa, Kimberly A. "Coastal Fortresses: A Cross-Case Analysis of Water, Policy, and Tourism Development in Three Gulf Coast Communities." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2019. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2617.
Full textSmith, Geoffrey Martyn, and res cand@acu edu au. "Being Effective Church in Rapidly Growing Coastal Towns." Australian Catholic University. School of Theology, 2005. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp104.11092006.
Full textTheron, Leon-Jacques. "Distribution and abundance of rodents, millipedes and trees in coastal dune forests in northern KwaZulu-Natal." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/03292006-103859.
Full textCiotti, Áurea Maria. "Influence of phytoplankton communities on relationships between optical properties of coastal surface waters." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0020/NQ49252.pdf.
Full textFaulkner, Douglas W. "Short-term effects of prescribed burning on bird communities in coastal Pine Savanna." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1020160.
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Wolf, Johanna. "Climate change and citizenship : a case study of responses in Canadian coastal communities." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.435095.
Full textMattsson, Emma. "Importance of Fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack) for coastal fish communities in the Baltic Sea." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-176300.
Full textKapusinski, Douglas John. "Factors Affecting Invertebrate and Fish Communities in Coastal Wetlands of the Great Lakes." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1353202400.
Full textAllen, James Hamilton. "The analysis and prediction of the shallow subtidal benthic communities along the East Coast of England." Thesis, University of Hull, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327288.
Full textAsif, Furqan. "Coastal Cambodians on the Move: The Interplay of Migration, Social Wellbeing and Resilience In Three Fishing Communities." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/40420.
Full textNadimi, Ilghelich. "Coastal Community-based Protocols and Guidelines for Adaptation Planning." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23596.
Full textNavarro, Rachelle G. "Improving sanitation in coastal communities with special reference to Puerto Princesa, Palawan Province, Philippines." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26244.
Full textIn communities occupying coastal, waterfront and low-lying areas, human waste is directly disposed of into the surface water such as rivers, canals and sea or in the mudflat to await the tide. These surface waters, however, are often the communities' sources of food, and water for drinking, domestic and personal cleaning. Studies on sanitation show that contaminated water and human wastes are major factors in the transmission of serious diseases in the developing world.
This thesis aims to contribute to the process of selecting appropriate sanitation technologies for the low-income coastal and waterfront communities. The thesis analyzes sanitation and environmental conditions in the coastal communities of Puerto Princesa, Palawan Province, Philippines, to identify the important considerations for the provision of sanitation systems in these communities and hence, determine the feasible sanitation options.
Cloninger, Partick Lee. "The ecology of freshwater turtle communities on the Upper-Coastal Plain of South Carolina." Connect to this title online, 2007. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1193080163/.
Full textWood, Ida Leigh. "Planning for coastal community resiliency a case study analysis of South Carolina beachfront communities /." Connect to this title online, 2009.
Find full textFranck, Travis Read. "Coastal communities and climate change : a dynamic model of risk perception, storms, and adaptation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54846.
Full textThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-311).
Climate change impacts, including sea-level rise and changes in tropical storm frequency and intensity, will pose signicant challenges to city planners and coastal zone managers trying to make wise investment and protection decisions. Meanwhile, policymakers are working to mitigate impacts by regulating greenhouse gas emissions. To design effective policies, policymakers need more accurate information than is currently available to understand how coastal communities will be affected by climate change. My research aims to improve coastal impact and adaptation assessments, which inform climate and adaptation policies. I relax previous assumptions of probabilistic annual storm damage and rational economic expectations-variables in previous studies that are suspect, given the stochastic nature of storm events and the real-world behavior of people. I develop a dynamic stochastic adaptation model that includes explicit storm events and boundedly rational storm perception. I also include endogenous economic growth, population growth, public adaptation measures, and relative sea-level rise. The frequency and intensity of stochastic storm events can change a region's long- term economic growth pattern and introduce the possibility of community decline. Previous studies using likely annual storm damage are unable to show this result. Additionally, I consider three decision makers (coastal managers, infrastructure investors, and residents) who differ regarding their perception of storm risk. The decision makers' perception of risk varies depending on their rationality assumptions.
(cont.) Boundedly rational investors and residents perceive storm risk to be higher immediately after a storm event, which can drive down investment, decrease economic 3 growth, and increase economic recovery time, proving that previous studies provide overly optimistic economic predictions. Rationality assumptions are shown to change economic growth and recovery time estimates. Including stochastic storms and variable rationality assumptions will improve adaptation research and, therefore, coastal adaptation and climate change policies.
by Travis Read Franck.
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Brett, Bob, Karel Klinka, H. Qian, and Christine Chourmouzis. "Classification of high-elevation, non-forested plant communities in coastal British Columbia. Full report." Forest Sciences Department, University of British Columbia, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/719.
Full textMichalek, Jeffrey L., Thomas W. Wagner, Joseph J. Luczkovich, and Richard W. Stoffle. "Multispectral Change Vector Analysis for Monitoring Coastal Marine Environments." Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/296670.
Full textHartt, Maxwell. "Geographic Information Systems and System Dynamics - Modelling the Impacts of Storm Damage on Coastal Communities." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19817.
Full textLamboo, Andrea M. "Communicating Canada's Oceans Act, a strategy tailored to the coastal communities of the Canadian Arctic." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0004/MQ45079.pdf.
Full textMcAtee, Kaelin J. "Impact of Sediment Augmentation on Plant and Invertebrate Communities in a Southern California Coastal Wetland." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10686752.
Full textAs sea levels rise, management strategies are needed to protect coastal wetlands from increased inundation. Sediment augmentation is a strategy in which a layer of sediment is sprayed across the marsh to raise the marsh's elevation and reduce inundation. This study looks at the short-term impact of sediment augmentation on vegetation and invertebrate communities. Abiotic measurements, invertebrate cores, and plant parameters were analyzed before and after augmentation in a before-after-control-impact (BACI) design. Following augmentation there was a significant decrease in plant cover and invertebrate abundance. The community composition of invertebrates shifted from a dominance of oligochaetes and polychaetes to insects and insect larvae. At six months following augmentation, Salicornia bigelovii began growing throughout the augmentation area, and Spartina foliosa had returned via vegetative spread at the edges of the marsh. Detailing these changes provides information on the ecological impacts of sediment augmentation for this site and inform regional management strategies.
Papiez, Chelsie. "Climate change implications for the Quileute and Hoh Tribes of Washington a multidisciplinary approach to assessing climatic disruptions to coastal indigenous communities /." Online pdf file accessible through the World Wide Web, 2009. http://archives.evergreen.edu/masterstheses/Accession86-10MES/Papiez_C%20MES_Thesis2009.pdf.
Full textHelm, Richard Michael. "Conflicting histories : the archaeology of the iron-working, farming communities in the central and southern coast region of Kenya." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/71d3890f-3b5b-4ef9-a807-1bc19fd09d24.
Full textHolmblad, Peter. "Coastal Communities on the Move : House and Polity Interaction in Southern Ostrobothnia 1500 BC-AD 1." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-35857.
Full textGentile, Matthew M. (Matthew Michael). "Toward a comprehensive natural hazard mitigation framework : the consideration of land use planning in coastal communities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66377.
Full textMbatha, Nonhlanhla Philile. "Sharing benefits from coastal resources with rual communities in South Africa : the influence of institutional arrangements." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11704.
Full textWang, Xiaoxia. "MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION, MORBIDITY AND CONTROL WITH APPLICATIONS TO ENDEMIC COMMUNITIES IN COASTAL KENYA." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1312999431.
Full textAsseid, Bakari S. "Revisiting ecological behaviours of the coastal communities of Zanzibar : implications for non-formal environmental education programmes." Thesis, University of Reading, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395287.
Full textGanguly, Shrijeeta. "Spatial and Temporal variability of macroinvertyebrate communities in vernal pools on the Coastal Plain of Virginia." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/9.
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