Use of ecosystems in coastal erosion management

A Gracia, N Rangel-Buitrago, JA Oakley… - Ocean & coastal …, 2018 - Elsevier
With a global increase in coastal development, together with increasing storminess and
continuing sea level rise, coastal erosion has become a serious problem along a significant …

The management of coastal erosion

AT Williams, N Rangel-Buitrago, E Pranzini… - Ocean & coastal …, 2018 - Elsevier
At present, accelerated coastal erosion due to anthropogenic pressure is prevalent.
Standard defence techniques to combat erosion include hard/soft protection measures …

Changing ocean, marine ecosystems, and dependent communities

NL Bindoff, WWL Cheung, JG Kairo, J Arístegui… - 2019 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

The global impact of sand mining on beaches and dunes

N Rangel-Buitrago, W Neal, O Pilkey… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Beaches and coastal dunes have always supplied sand for a wide range of uses, and
initially the extracted volumes were limited to buckets, wheelbarrows, or small pickup truck …

Evaluation of UAV LiDAR for mapping coastal environments

YC Lin, YT Cheng, T Zhou, R Ravi, SM Hasheminasab… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based remote sensing techniques have demonstrated
great potential for monitoring rapid shoreline changes. With image-based approaches …

Automatic coastline extraction and changes analysis using remote sensing and GIS technology

M Yasir, H Sheng, H Fan, S Nazir, AJ Niang… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study highlights the coastline position changes of Qingdao coastal area from 2000 to
2019, using GIS and remote sensing technologies through Digital Shoreline Analysis …

Litter impacts on scenery and tourism on the Colombian north Caribbean coast

AT Williams, NG Rangel-Buitrago, G Anfuso… - Tourism …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper provides the location, scenery and litter evaluation of 35 Colombian Caribbean
beaches (9 remote, 9 village, 14 urban and 3 resort). Four litter grades were found. A …

Hard protection structures as a principal coastal erosion management strategy along the Caribbean coast of Colombia. A chronicle of pitfalls

N Rangel-Buitrago, AT Williams, G Anfuso - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the last 50 years, coastal erosion has become a serious problem, rising in magnitude
and dominance along the Caribbean coastline of Colombia. Circa 50% of this important …

Risk assessment as tool for coastal erosion management

N Rangel-Buitrago, WJ Neal, VN de Jonge - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The coastal zone of Cartagena city, Colombia provides illustration for applying risk
assessments as a basis for guiding coastal management. Much of this coastal reach is …

Analyzing the impact and evolution of ocean & coastal management: 30 years in retrospect

J Chen, H Chen, TF Smith… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ocean & Coastal Management (OCMA) has significantly contributed to international
ocean and coastal management, policy-making, governance, and other related research …