3,595 research outputs found
Stop the BHP Billition LNG Terminal
No full textWebpage from the California Coastal Protection Network regards the significant negative environmental impacts that the LNG terminal can do if implemented on the Oxnard and Malibu coasts. Also lists how one can help to prevent it from happening
2007 Priority Dates and Events
No full textE-mail from Susan Jordan, Director of CCNP, to Coastal Advocate members giving a list of important dates and events to attend in 2007. This is an effort to prevent BHP from creating a oil platform of the Ventura County coast
"Terminate It!" Logo
No full text"Terminate It!" logo used in rallies and protests against BHP Billiton's LNG terminal
Global Warming and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)
No full textA fact sheet provided by the Environmental Defense Center and California Coastal Protection Network that talks about global warming and how LNG could potentially add on to the growing problem
Uncertainty assessment in coastal morphology prediction with a bayesian network
No full textIn the present time of sea-level rise and climate change a global shift has occurred toward sandy coastal protection measures and Building with Nature. These type of protection measures impose extra uncertainty on the instantaneous state of the coastal system over time for which present deterministic forecasting techniques are not capable of providing necessary information on uncertainties and hence could display a false sense of accuracy and skill. At present in long term morphological modeling a full systemic approach for uncertainty assessment has not yet been applied. This paper investigates the use of a Bayesian Network as a tool for uncertainty assessment in decadal scale morphological modeling for the evolution of a mega nourishment at the Dutch North-Holland coast, the Hondsbossche Dunes (HBD). The Bayesian Network is trained with an existing set of model data and field data of one year bed development. The Bayesian Network successfully transfers the bandwidth in input variables, model uncertainty and calibration uncertainty to an uncertainty bandwidth around the output parameter of choice.Coastal EngineeringManagement SupportSafety and Security Scienc
Environmental Groups Challellenge LNG Project
No full textEnvironmental groups, California Coastal Protection Network and Environmental Defense Center, challenge the development of LNG project claiming that they are not complying with the Deepwater Port Act. As well as describe the negative long term environmental effects of LNG emissions unto Ventura and Los Angeles counties
Coastal land use in the Maltese islands: a description and appraisal
No full textThe area of the Maltese Islands is 316 km , and with an official coastal length of 180 km(^2) possess a high ratio of coastal length to area. The physical properties of the coast include a highly indented and largely accessible coastline having a low sloping profile, on the north, east and south-east littoral of Malta, presenting inlets, bays and deep harbours. Most of the recreational, industrial and coastal residential areas are situated around these areas together with a wide range of fortifications and military defensive structures built as part of the coastal defensive network of Malta over the last five centuries. In contrast, the other parts of the coast, including Gozo, consists of a largely inaccessible coastline made up of cliffs and boulder scree slopes with the few indentations marking sandy beaches. These areas have a high aesthetic quality. The rapid pace of development over last half-century has witnessed an economic transformation from an economy based on British military spending to one based on the development of coastal areas for marine-related services, tourism and residential and second-home development. Coastal land use conflicts have intensified with economic development and as people have sought to make a more use of the coast. This thesis is concerned with the evaluation of the coastal land use in the Maltese Islands. A historical overview of the coast is first presented, then a methodology for the mapping, surveying and estimation of the land uses along the coastal zone of the Maltese Islands is developed. This is based on a number of coastal field surveys that the author participated in between 1989 and 1998. The coastal zone was divided into sixteen segments and mapping is covered by sixteen land uses. The main results were that coastal development was centred in areas where a high natural coastal indentation and good physical accessibility of the coast were present, these, in turn, gave rise to land use conflict. In addition, civil engineering works and modifications such as rock-cutting, jetties, breakwaters and, in densely populated areas, promenades, intensified land use conflict. A notable difference in the type of coastal development processes to the north (tourism) and south (industry) of the Great Fault is evident. The thesis also includes the part played by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority in influencing coastal land uses, the main land use modifications proposed in the European Union accession talks and a brief assessment of the land use situation in selected localities in 2003
Effects of urbanisation on multiple cropping pattern in coastal districts in India
No full textCoastal area protects from natural disasters and provides livelihood to population. But over the period of time, industrialized has grown across the coastal area in India. Such industrialization has created higher employment opportunities. Educational achievements of the population of coastal districts are higher as compare to the non coastal districts. Workers engaged service sector activities are higher as compare to non coastal districts in India. Random effect regression results show that the area under non agriculture use is higher in coastal districts. Cereals and rubber production is positively significant in coastal districts. Multiple cropping patterns are negatively co-related to the coastal districts. The policies like community participation, waste recycling of various industrial units, protection of the mangroves and strict implementation of the coastal regulation zone laws will protect the coastal area.Land use, Infrastructure index, Random effect
Letter to Governer Arnold Schwartzenegar from EDC
No full textLetter to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from Environmental Defense Center (EDC) on behalf of the California Coastal Protection Network (CCPN) requesting that he disapprove of BHP Billiton's proposed Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and lists reasons why. Signed by EDC's Chief Counsel, Linda Krop
Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean: Legal and Economic Perspectives
No full textThis paper examines existing measures taken to protect the coastal zones of the Mediterranean Sea and assesses their success. A summary of the main pressures facing these zones is given, followed by an analysis of the legislation covering coastal zone development in ten countries: Algeria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Malta, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey. We find that not all of these states have legislation specifically covering coastal zones, but there is concern in all areas that the legislation is not working, We also look at the costs and benefits of controlling coastal development. Firstly, a literature review of valuation studies identifies a range of values placed on developed and undeveloped coastline for both users and local property owners. These values were then used in a model to evaluate policy options to control development of a stretch of coastline. The model indicates that a stricter control regime of coastal development may provide significant benefits.Coastal Zone Management, Legislation, Littoral, Mediterranean, Recreation
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