Sentences with phrase «seawall development»

Panelists: Brenda Torpy, Champlain Housing Trust Donald Manekin, Seawall Development Steve Chitwood, Orlando Regional Realtor ® Association

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BEIJING — Along China's coastline, rapid development has transformed marshes and mudflats into ports and urban sprawl; a line of concrete seawalls and sandbags now stretches longer than China's Great Wall.

Already half of China's coastal wetlands have disappeared over the past 50 years, enclosed by seawalls or overrun by ports and other development, according to the analysis, released here Monday by China's State Forestry Administration (SFA), the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, and the Paulson Institute, a nonprofit based in Chicago.

In order to protect human development and beachside communities from the destructive impacts of climate changes, management efforts in many cases center on coastal fortification, a reactionary approach which can include one or more of the following: seawall, groin, and jetty construction, beach re-nourishment, and inshore artificial reefs [4].

The best strategy for preserving our coastlines in the face of climate change is to remove seawalls and move development further away from the beach.

Sinking Solomon Islands and climate link «exaggerated», admits study's author A new study published in Environmental Research Letters shows that some low - lying reef islands in the Solomon Islands are being gobbled up by «extreme events, seawalls and inappropriate development, rather than sea level rise alone.»