Typology, the ‘study or systematic classification of types that have characteristics or traits in common’, has become a commonly used term and technique in coastal zone studies over the past two decades. At least part of this is due to adoption by the first LandeOcean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) project of a typological approach as a way to understand and organize the daunting dive...

This paper addresses the issue of possible land use strategies and responses in coastal zones as a consequence of global environmental change. It will first set out some key elements in global change that are of critical importance for the water and land management in such areas. Next, it will map out in more detail the various environmental and socio-economic repercussions of such megatrends. ...

Time-space fluctuations of chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) within the region off central-southern Chile (33–42°S), and their association with meteorological-oceanographic conditions, were analyzed using satellite time series data (2002–2012). The mean distribution of moderate values of Chl-a (~0.5 mg∙m −3 ) in the northern section (33–38°S) extended out to ~200 km of the coast whereas they were restricte...

As altimeter satellites approach coastal areas, the number of valid sea surface height measurements decrease dramatically because of land contamination. In recent years, different methodologies have been developed to recover data within 10–20 km from the coast. These include computation of geophysical corrections adapted to the coastal zone and retracking of raw radar echoes. In this paper, we ...

Water quality remediation in a heavily polluted tidal river in Guangzhou, South China Yanqing Sheng a , Fanzhong Chen b , Guoying Sheng b & Jiamo Fu b a Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environment Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, China b State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Aca...

The multidisciplinary Coastal Zone (CZ) network from the National Institute of Sciences and Technology (INCT) for Climate Change, aims to evaluate the state of knowledge and coordinate projects dealing with the effects of global climate changes in the country’s coastal zone. During its first year, CZ focused on literature review, historic data analysis and vulnerability studies. The studies wer...

The intersection of human health and the ocean occurs overwhelmingly in the coastal zone. The coastal zone extends from the upland penetration of tidal rivers to the edge of the continental shelf, which can extend 100 miles or more beyond the coast itself. The world's coastlines, including temperate, tropical, and polar coasts, have been estimated to total about 372,000 miles (Smithsonian Insti...

This paper presents an agent-based model of a land market (ALMA-C) to simulate the emergence of land prices and urban land patterns from bottom-up. Our model mimics individual decisions to buy and to sell land depending on economic, sociological and political factors as well as on the characteristics of the spatial environment. To this we add ecological and environmental considerations and focu...

The aim of this work is to introduce the potential of satellite-based remote sensing data to agencies responsible for monitoring and managing water quality in the coastal zone of Western Australia. There exists a knowledge and/or expertise gap between satellite data providers and potential end users. This project aims to close the gap by developing a fundamental management tool that will be geo...