scholarly journals Vulnerability of Coastal Areas Due to Infrastructure: The Case of Valencia Port (Spain)

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1344
Author(s):  
Vicent Esteban Chapapría ◽  
José Serra Peris
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Erosion ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Dune Vegetation ◽  
Coastal Morphology ◽  
Logistics Center ◽  
The North ◽  
Maritime Traffic ◽  
Solid Transport ◽  
North And South ◽  
Increased Activity

The vulnerability of coastal areas is related to the existence and functionality of infrastructure. Ports have had increased activity in the last few decades due to growing needs of the market. At the same time, there have been huge changes in maritime traffic, and some ports are specialized in container traffic. The port in Valencia developed notably in the last expansions, in the 1980s and in the recent northern expansion. Valencia’s port specializes in container traffic, and has become a Mediterranean leader and the metropolitan area is an important logistics center. Ports can create coastal erosion by altering wave patterns. The environmental effects of the port of Valencia were analyzed. The Spanish Mediterranean coastline as well as morpho-dynamic units were monitored. The solid transport capacity to the north and south of the Valencia port was estimated, and the effects of other infrastructure on sedimentary sources of beaches were also studied. The port of Valencia’s barrier effect is responsible for the situation at the beaches to the north and south. This effect is total and impedes net sediment transport, predominantly to the south along the stretch of coastline. However, the port is not the only factor responsible for this situation, and the lack of continental sediments must also be considered. In addition, climate change has an influence on the behavior of the coastline. The vulnerability of the coast has increased due to changes in coastal morphology, variations in littoral transport rates, and coastal erosion. To promote sustainable port management, some correction measures, such as sand bypassing, dune rehabilitation, and dune vegetation, are proposed.

scholarly journals Diversity and distribution of microalgae in coastal areas of East Java, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
UMI ZAKIYAH ◽  
MULYANTO ◽  
LUCIA TRI SUWANTI ◽  
MOCHAMAD DONNY KOERNIAWAN ◽  
EKO AGUS SUYONO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
South Coast ◽  
North Coast ◽  
The North ◽  
Anthropogenic Development ◽  
North And South

Abstract. Zakiyah U, Mulyanto, Suwanti LT, Koerniawan MD, Suyono EA, Budiman A, Siregar UJ. 2020. Diversity and distribution of microalgae in coastal areas of East Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 1149-1159. Indonesia is well known as one of hotspot for biodiversity, including marine resources. However, Indonesia biodiversity has declined rapidly due to the changes in the aquatic environmental quality as the consequence of human activities. Biodiversity loss has been well studied in larger organisms, however, less is known for microorganisms, such as microalgae. Microalgae have received much attention recently due to its potential as renewable energy sources. This study aimed at describing biodiversity and distribution of microalgae in coastal areas of East Java and Madura, Indonesia. Six sites, i.e. Trenggalek and Sendangbiru representing south coast, Banyuwangi and Situbondo representing north coast of East Java, Pasongsongan and Pamekasan representing Madura north and south coast, respectively were sampled, which representing different background of anthropogenic development in these areas. Results showed that seawater condition in all sites is still good, with average pH 8.0 despite intense human activities, such as ecotourism, fishing and boat harbor, as well as residential area that has the potential to produce a lot of waste. Totally, there were 35 genera from all locations with varying abundance in each location and diversity index ranging from 1.105-3.312. Although most genera belonged to Bacyllariophyta, domination indices showed that there was not any single specific domination in all locations. Morisita indices showed that most distribution gave positive values indicating clumped dispersion of microalgae in all locations. Higher Shannon-Weaver indices characterized the south coast of East Java and Madura compared to the north coast of East Java area, which corresponded with lower dominancy indices.

scholarly journals Analysis of Abrasion in Coastal Areas of North Bengkulu Beach as Learning Material for Disaster Mitigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Jenny Maya Yazalia ◽  
Henny Johan ◽  
Rendy W. Wardana
Keyword(s):  
Wave Height ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Coastal Morphology ◽  
The North ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Difference

The threat of disasters that often occur in coastal areas is seawater abrasion. One of the provinces in Indonesia which is located in the coastal region is Bengkulu with the area most prone to abrasion disaster is the North Bengkulu Regency. This study aims to describe the potential for abrasion in the North Bengkulu region based on the parameters of abrasion vulnerability. The research method used is a qualitative descriptive method with literature studies. An abrasion potential analysis has been carried out based on the measurement of three parameters of abrasion susceptibility namely coastal morphology, soil structure and wave height. The results showed that the coastal morphology in the area of North Bengkulu Regency was strongly influenced by tectonic processes that occur due to subduction zone pressure. Coastal morphology in the form of steep cliffs, piles (stack), while on steep cliffs also formed beach caves. The soil structure on a coastal cliff shows that the dominant cliff is composed of sandstones, gravel, clay and alluvium. The difference in vertical rock resistance results in the beach being prone to abrasion. The wave height (swash) in the North Bengkulu regency is an average of 60 cm, although at certain locations the swash height reaches 85 cm. Thus, it can be concluded that the area of North Bengkulu regency is very potential for abrasion and efforts are needed to reduce it, one of the ways through disaster mitigation education.

scholarly journals ĐẶC ĐIỂM ĐỊA MẠO VÙNG CỬA SÔNG VEN BIỂN SÔNG THẠCH HÃN VÀ TAI BIẾN TỰ NHIÊN LIÊN QUAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Nguyen Cong Quan ◽  
Pham Van Hung ◽  
Nguyen Van Dung
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Erosion ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
River Mouth ◽  
Middle Holocene ◽  
Han River ◽  
The North ◽  
Coastal Landform ◽  
North And South ◽  
Geomorphological Features ◽  
Tectonic Movements

Study on the geomorphological features, landform changes and correlated natural hazardous events was based on analyzing available literature and data. The coastal landform of Thach Han river mouth is a result from fluvial, fluvial - marine and marine accumulation along with local tectonic activities during Pliocene - Quaternary. During Pliocene - Pleistocene, western uplift and eastern subsidence movements were forming the types of landforms such as hills, erosion and abrasion terraces and accumulated plains of fluvial and fluvial - marine sediments. From early to middle Holocene, subsidence movements and fluvial, fluvial - marine and marine accumulation formed 4 types of accumulated plains as follows: Fluvial - marine plain in the central part, marine plains extending to the north and south of the studied area. From late Holocene to present, differentiated tectonic movements and fluvial and fluvial - marine accumulation have formed 6 types of different landforms (fluvial, lacustrine, marshy and marine origins ...etc.). Morphodynamic processes including erosion and sedimentation are natural hazards which cause damage to economy and people's life in the coatal zone of Thach Han river mouth. The erosion has been scattered along the banks of the Thach Han and Cam Lo rivers, at Gio Viet, Gio Mai, Trieu Giang, Ai Tu, and coastal erosion occurred north of Cua Viet.

Characterization and evolution of spearfishing in Madeira archipelago, Eastern Atlantic

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Roi Martínez-Escauriaza ◽  
Claudio Vieira ◽  
Lídia Gouveia ◽  
Nuno Gouveia ◽  
Margarida Hermida
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Teleost Fishes ◽  
The North ◽  
Southeast Coast ◽  
Madeira Archipelago ◽  
First Time

Data obtained from licenses of spearfishers and surveys conducted in 2004 and 2017 allowed for the analysis, for the first time, of the practice of spearfishing in the Madeira archipelago. Only a small percentage of the population practices spearfishing, mostly local young men. Most of them practice the activity with a partner throughout most of the year and along most of the island's coastal areas, although preferentially along the North and Southeast coast. Results show how, in recent years, despite the population of spearfishers decreasing, the abundance in the annual catch potentially increased, probably due to the higher investment of time in this activity. It has been observed that many fishers complement their catches with manual collecting of invertebrates. Overall, 40 teleost fishes and also 4 crustaceans and 8 molluscs were identified. The most frequently captured fish species were parrotfish and white seabream, while limpets were the most collected invertebrates in both selected periods.

Preliminary results of the study on the reasons of the Hai Hau erosion phenomenon

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-426
Author(s):  
Pham Van Ninh ◽  
Phan Ngoc Vinh ◽  
Nguyen Manh Hung ◽  
Dinh Van Manh
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Middle Part ◽  
Red River ◽  
Erosion Process ◽  
Red River Delta ◽  
The North ◽  
Severe Erosion ◽  
North And South ◽  
Very High

Overall the evolution process of the Red River Delta based on the maps and historical data resulted in a fact that before the 20th century all the Nam Dinh coastline was attributed to accumulation. Then started the erosion process at Xuan Thuydistrict and from the period of 1935 - 1965 the most severe erosion was contributed in the stretch from Ha Lan to Hai Trieu, 1965 - 1990 in Hai Chinh - Hai Hoa, 1990 - 2005 in the middle part of Hai Chinh - Hai Thinh (Hai Hau district). The adjoining stretches were suffered from not severe erosion. At the same time, the Ba Lat mouth is advanced to the sea and to the North and South direction by the time with a very high rate.The first task of the mathematical modeling of coastal line evolution of Hai Hau is to evaluate this important historical marked periods e. g. to model the coastal line at the periods before 1900, 1935 - 1965; 1965 - 1990; 1990 - 2005. The tasks is very complicated and time and working labors consuming.In the paper, the primarily results of the above mentioned simulations (as waves, currents, sediments transports and bottom - coastal lines evolution) has been shown. Based on the obtained results, there is a strong correlation between the protrusion magnitude and the southward moving of the erosion areas.

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