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Rui Yuan, Ruiyang Xu, Hezhenjia Zhang, Yutao Hua, Hongsheng Zhang, Xiaojing Zhong and Shenliang Chen
This study presents an in-depth analysis of the dynamic beach landscapes of Hainan Island, which is located at the southernmost tip of China. Home to over a hundred natural and predominantly sandy beaches, Hainan Island confronts significant challenges p...
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Pattrakorn Nidhinarangkoon, Sompratana Ritphring, Kanon Kino and Taikan Oki
Phuket, the study area of this work with 33 sandy beaches, provides about 15% of the nation?s gross domestic product from the tourism industry. Many factors cause shoreline changes affecting beach areas, such as seasonal erosion and rising sea levels. In...
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Miquel Mir-Gual, Guillem X. Pons, Irene Delgado-Fernández and Thomas A. G. Smyth
Blowouts are integral features of coastal dune fields. Their presence enhances both geomorphological and ecological diversity and enables the movement of sand by wind. Their role as a ?transport corridor? may be, however, considered negative from a coast...
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Antonio Minervino Amodio, Gianluigi Di Paola and Carmen Maria Rosskopf
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) represents a rather innovative, quick, and low-cost methodological approach offering applications in several fields of investigation. The present study illustrates the developed method using Digital Elevation Mo...
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Yu-Hai Wang, Yan-Hong Wang, An-Jun Deng, Hao-Chuan Feng, Dang-Wei Wang and Chuan-Sheng Guo
Downdrift shoreline recession associated with the construction of a shore-crossing hard structure represents one of coastal erosional hotspots that must be addressed for an integrated, sustainable coastal zone management. To prevent siltation within the ...
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Zoran Kilibarda and Vesna Kilibarda
From 18 January 2013 (175.16 m a.s.l.) to 8 September 2020 (177.82 m a.s.l.), Lake Michigan experienced its fastest and highest rise (2.67 m) since 1860, when instrumental measurements began. Extensive foredunes developed since the last high lake levels ...
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Daniel Ibarra-Marinas, Francisco Belmonte-Serrato, Gustavo A. Ballesteros-Pelegrín and Ramón García-Marín
Coastal erosion is anissuewhich affects beaches all over the world and that signifies enormous economic and environmental losses. Classed as a slow phenomenon, the evolution of the coastline requires long-term analysis. In this study, old cartography and...
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Samantha Gauthier, Bradley May and Liette Vasseur
Coastal communities are increasingly vulnerable to climate change and its effects may push coastal ecosystems to undergo irreversible changes. This is especially true for shorebirds with the loss of biodiversity and resource-rich habitats to rest, refuel...
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Kazunori Nakajima, Naoki Sakamoto, Keiko Udo, Yuriko Takeda, Eiji Ohno, Masafumi Morisugi and Ryuta Mori
To measure economic effects of changes in environmental quality caused by climate change in Japan, we estimate beach loss damage costs in Japan and in each prefecture and evaluate the economic effectiveness of hypothetical adaptation measures to restore ...
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Sahong Lee and Jung Lyul Lee
In this study, a reduction in sediment budget due to the development of a river watershed, resulting in coastal erosion, was reviewed, and the rate of background erosion was calculated through an examination of the loss of coastal sediment into the open ...
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