The overall objective of this paper is to identify coastal zone management problems within Mombasa Diani area. Other objectives included evaluating the effectiveness of the existing control measures and identifying response strategies for the affected areas. The results showed that coastal dunes and beach ridges, cliffed coasts and backshore areas could be developed but with proper set back lin...

"Coastal grab" refers to the contested appropriation of coastal (shore and inshore) space and resources by outside interests. This paper explores the phenomenon of coastal grabbing and the effects of such appropriation on community-based conservation of local resources and environment. The approach combines socialecological systems analysis with socio-legal property rights studies. Evidence of ...

Spatially variable selection has the potential to result in local adaptation unless counteracted by gene flow. Therefore, barriers to gene flow will help facilitate divergence between populations that differ in local selection pressures. We performed spatially and temporally replicated reciprocal field transplant experiments between inland and coastal habitats using males of the common blue dam...

Water quality models can be effective tools to simulate and predict pollutant transport in coastal water environment, which can contribute to saving the cost of labours and materials for a large number of industrial development in the coastal region. Therefore, water quality models become an important tool to identify water pollution and the final fate and behaviours of pollutants in coastal en...

This is the first study to describe distribution and speciation of Hg in coastal sediments from the central east coast of India. The concentrations of Hg in the studied sediments were found to be much lower than the Hg concentration recommended in coastal sediments by the United State Environmental Protection Agency and the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment for the protection of ...

Coastal storms can take a devastating toll on the public's health. Urban areas like New York City (NYC) may be particularly at risk, given their dense population, reliance on transportation, energy infrastructure that is vulnerable to flood damage, and high-rise residential housing, which may be hard-hit by power and utility outages. Climate change will exacerbate these risks in the coming deca...

Salmonella species are pathogenic bacteria often detected in sewage, freshwater, marine coastal water, and groundwater. Salmonella spp. can survive for long periods in natural waters, and the persistence of specific and epidemic strains is of great concern in public health. However, the diversity of species found in the natural environment remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investiga...