Land Modifications and Impacts on Coastal Areas

• Other Authors: Aucelli, Pietro (Editor), Rizzo, Angela (Editor), Casarín, Rodolfo Silva (Editor), Anfuso, Giorgio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Environmental economics; aboveground carbon storage; coastal forests; light detection and ranging (LiDAR); remote sensing; satellite imagery; sea level rise; coastal squeeze; tourism carrying capacity; coastal management; DESCR; urbanized coasts; beach nourishment; coastal zone management; beach erosion; shoreline changes; DSAS; dune fragmentation; coastal armouring; mercury; gold; socioeconomic impacts; political management; environmental management; landscape; beach; management; climate change; erosion; tourism pressure; sustainability; developing country; coastal evolution; cultural and land use changes; anthropic impacts; Holocene; Tyrrhenian Sea; sediment transport; sedimentary environments; ecosystem distribution; coastal dynamics; coastal profiling; physical processes; anthropogenic pressure; ocean energy harvesting; marine spatial planning; environmental impact; mitigation strategies; coastal contaminated sites; geo-morphodynamic model; reclamation activities; Apulia region; Taranto; hazard evaluation; slope structural analysis; structure for motion; Salina Island; ecosystem services; land use/land cover change; benefit transfer; coastal landscapes; quantification; spatio-temporal; West Africa; Ghana; coastal erosion; coastline; Gulf of Guinea; Kribi; fragilization
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This reprint includes papers published in the Special Issue entitled "Land Modifications and Impacts on Coastal Areas", with the aim of collecting multidisciplinary studies concerning the evaluation of natural and anthropic drivers inducing coastal morphodynamic modifications as well as co...