Construction and comparative analysis of an environmental integration evaluation model for the Qingdao bathing beachesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 28 - Trang 1-11 - 2024
An Zhang, Yinyin Zhou, Ni Zeng, Weizeng Shi, Fei Chen
As the most participatory place for coastal tourism, tourists’ comprehensive evaluation of the bathing beach is significant for its planning and management. This paper considers four bathing beaches in the Qingdao Seaside Scenery Spot as study areas. Through on-site inspections and questionnaire surveys, using statistical analysis software to compare the differences in demographic characteristics,...... hiện toàn bộ
Political ideologies and the objective measurement of climate-related risks to coastal resourcesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 20 - Trang 409-422 - 2016
Jordan W. Smith, Karly Bitsura-Meszaros, Erin Seekamp, Allie McCreary, Kaitlin Burroughs
Nearly all research focused on understanding perceptions of climate-related risks to coastal resources has used data collected via mail surveys, online surveys or in-depth qualitative interviews. To compliment previous research, this study focuses on objective perceptions of climate-related risks to coastal resources as measured by respondents’ gaze behavior when viewing images describing or depic...... hiện toàn bộ
Sediment characterisation of the 26 December 2004 Indian ocean tsunami in Andaman group of islands, bay of Bengal, IndiaSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 14 - Trang 215-230 - 2010
Kathirkaman Ilayaraja, R. R. Krishnamurthy
The large tsunami, which was generated by an earthquake on 26 December 2004, affected most of the countries around the Indian Ocean. A total of 48 tsunamigenic surface sediments have been collected from various coastal geomorphological features such as beaches, estuaries/creeks and mangrove areas in the Andaman group of islands. These samples were analysed for sediment characteristics such as sedi...... hiện toàn bộ
Towards a Coastal Area Management Act for the Russian FederationSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 9 - Trang 19-24 - 2007
Elena E. Andreeva, Yuriy G. Mikhaylichenko, Alexandre N. Vylegjanin
Coastal area management should be considered as an element of a more general philosophy—that of natural resource management—which is in the process of replacing the purely ‘protection of the environment’ approach which was dominated most of the 20th century. Specific legislation on coastal management has been adopted by many countries, and today steps have been taken to acumulate all experience ac...... hiện toàn bộ
The use of bio-indicators for quality assessments of the marine environment: Examples from the Mediterranean seaSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 147-156 - 2002
Gianna Casazza, Cecilia Silvestri, Emanuela Spada
The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the use of indicators and indices for the evaluation of the status of the marine environment. This procedure represents a new integrated approach, where the coastal marine environment is considered as a complex ecosystem, to be studied in all its components. Recent national and international legislation introduces this new concept of environmental qu...... hiện toàn bộ