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Tytuł:
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Towards more sustainable coastal development in the Arabian Gulf: Opportunities for ecological engineering in an urbanized seascape.
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Autorzy:
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Burt JA; Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: .
Bartholomew A; Gulf Environments Research Institute, American University of Sharjah, PO Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: .
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Źródło:
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Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2019 May; Vol. 142, pp. 93-102. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 20.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article; Review
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Publication: 2003- : Oxford : Elsevier
Original Publication: London, Macmillan.
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MeSH Terms:
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Coral Reefs*
Sustainable Development*
Conservation of Natural Resources/*methods
Animals ; Anthozoa ; Cities ; Ecosystem ; Environmental Policy ; Fishes ; Indian Ocean ; Oil and Gas Fields ; Ostreidae ; Urbanization
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: Arabian Gulf; Breakwaters; Coastal development; Coastal zone management; Ecological engineering; Persian Gulf
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20190625 Date Completed: 20190904 Latest Revision: 20190904
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Update Code:
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20240104
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DOI:
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10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.03.024
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PMID:
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31232353
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The coastlines of many Arabian cities are now dominated by structures such as seawalls, breakwaters and jetties as urbanization has expanded rapidly in the region. Coastal development has substantially degraded the mangrove forests, saltmarshes, seagrass meadows, oyster beds and coral reefs that traditionally provided invaluable ecosystem goods and services to coastal trading villages of the Arabian Gulf. Regional awareness of environmental issues is growing, however, and local governments are increasingly promoting more sustainable urban development. The use of ecological engineering approaches, along with improved environmental policies, may mitigate some past impacts, and will potentially create new development projects with greater ecological benefits for more sustainable growth in the future. In this paper, we discuss past coastal development in the Gulf, and offer advice on how ecological engineering could be used to enhance the ecological benefits of coastal infrastructure, particularly by encouraging the colonization of juvenile corals and fishes. Such approaches can encourage more sustainable development of this increasingly urbanized seascape.
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