Sentences with phrase «of coastal settlements»

These damages come on top of the coastal settlements.

Not exact matches

Her findings indicate that harvests in coastal regions of the northern Levant were little affected by drought; but further inland, drought lead to the need for irrigation or, in extreme cases, abandonment of the settlement.

All of the reefs are located within 50 kilometers of large coastal cities or settlements, from Thailand to Indonesia and south to Australia.

The act also designated 8 million acres of ANWR as wilderness and thus off - limits to human settlement, and directed that the 1002 area — the 1.5 million acres of coastal land between the Brooks Range and the Beaufort Sea — could be surveyed for possible oil and gas resources.

Visitors can learn about traditional Hawaiian culture through the partially restored remains of this ancient Hawaiian coastal settlement.

The coastal province of KwaZulu Natal has just about everything — historical battlefields, architecture and memorials, first world shopping malls, Victorian - cottage shabby - chic suburban living, tribal settlements in rural areas, towering basalt mountains, warm seas, world - class wetlands, wildlife game reserves, hiking and snorkelling opportunities, vibrant markets, an annual sardine run, and a strong Indian, Zulu and colonial influence.

Archaeological studies conducted in the 1980's recognized the coastal reaches of the Bacalar region once supported several trading, agricultural and fishing settlements established by the ancient Maya; and the area has intermittently been utilized by settlers from colonial times to the present day.

These groups tend to live in particular parts of the country, with the north and west being largely Spanish and Indian areas, Belize City and the adjacent coastal and riverine settlements predominantly Creole.

South of the Kona International airport is this coastal area and national park that depicts an early Hawaiian settlement along the Kona coast.

Situated in Prevelly Park (Margaret Rivers coastal settlement — tem kilometres west of the town) and right next door to world famous surf beaches, yet only minutes walk to safe swimming beaches, these houses will warmly welcome you to relax in their private, quiet surroundings.

Eureka's Pacific coastal location on Humboldt Bay, adjacent to abundant redwood forests, provided the reason for settlement of this 19th - century seaport town.

Its vast grasslands, coastal scrub vegetation, oak woodlands, and rich coastline sustained the Chumash for millennia and they maintained a number of villages and seasonal settlements on the island.

And for a coastal getaway, you'll have plenty of options, from tiny end - of - the - road settlements like Ayampe and Olón to charming towns on the Galápagos, with great beaches and magnificent sunsets.

In the works for about five years, the rat eradication plan is one of many coastal restoration efforts funded by a $ 9.1 - million settlement with BP America stemming from the 1990 American Trader oil spill off Huntington Beach.

Named after the broad cliffs that dominate the south - eastern skyline of town, this coastal settlement on the shores of the Bluff Harbour lagoon is built around a neatly ordered network of streets lined by manicured lawns and a patchwork of bungalows.

Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town on the south coast of England and is the largest settlement in Dorset, lying directly east from the Jurassic Coast — a 95 - mile World Heritage Site.

According to the latest science, in most cases (outside of extreme heat waves) the connections between today's extreme weather events and human - driven climate change range from weak (hurricanes) to nil (tornadoes)-- and the dominant driver of losses in such events is fast - paced development or settlement in places with fundamental climatic or coastal vulnerability.

When you combine the possibility (if not probability) of severely intensified hurricanes in 2050 with the unlikelihood that coastal settlement patterns will change much, you do indeed get something related to AGW that needs to be factored into the mix.

Sea - level changes are of special significance, not only for the low - lying atoll islands but for many high islands where settlements, infrastructure and facilities are concentrated in the coastal zone.

Another body of evidence suggests that human settlements, coastal and otherwise, are affected by climate change - related shifts in precipitation.