Sentences with phrase «other coastal»

Farmer selected ikat paper and linen check window treatments by Stroheim to draw upon the vibrant hues found in the Venetian paintings of the harbor and other coastal scenes.

They boast all the sun and fun of Miami, Aventura, and other coastal areas, with a family - friendly atmosphere that buyers like you place high value on.

«Given the confidence being shown in our market by outside developers who see enormous potential and opportunity, I think our market is going to start playing catch - up with other coastal destinations,» he avers.

«The growing influx of upcountry investors moving to the Cape has seen property prices in Cape Town soar and, as a result, buyers started to look further afield to other coastal towns where they can enjoy a similar lifestyle at more accessible prices.

The policy implication would appear to be that similar legal protection should, as a matter of equity, be afforded to other coastal Indigenous peoples with traditional affiliations with marine areas in Australia.

Many Tallahassee residents drive through the county to get to the beaches and other coastal destinations.

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Expect to pay more for boat insurance if you plan to set sail on the Gulf or other coastal waterways.

There is also one question you positively must have an answer to when buying renters insurance in Houston, TX, or any other coastal Texas renters insurance.

Be prepared to pay more for your Louisiana boat insurance if you plan to enjoy the Gulf or other coastal waterways.

And boaters who stay on inland waters may experience lower boat insurance rates that those who venture out on the Gulf of Mexico or other coastal waterways.

We have also successfully prosecuted and defended lawsuits involving CEQA and other coastal land use and zoning issues.

The demonstrations grew from a few concerned Burnaby residents to many hundreds of people, some from other coastal areas of BC and some from across Canada and generated largely sympathetic local and national media coverage.

But while officials here and in other coastal cities, many of whom attended a two - day conference on climate change last week in Fort Lauderdale, have begun to address the problem, the issue has gotten little traction among state legislators in Tallahassee.

Wood is also working with other coastal communities in Scotland to develop similar proposals and promote sustainable marine management policies that will allow fishing communities to keep their culture and livelihoods for generations to come.

The importance of planning ahead with water processing infrastructure, water recycling and conservation measures, and habitat conservation couldn't be more apparent here, and for other coastal areas bound to be impacted by the warming we've already committed ourselves to thus far.

My own goal is to have readers (and maybe even but not necessarily Graeme) understand the invalidity of his argument asserting that (essentially) one sea level time series observation at one coastal location that (allegedly) doesn't show much change in several decades does not imply that the sea level changes have been the same at all other coastal locations (give or take 100 mm)- which implies that any observed variations exceeding this level in sea level rise at different locations around the world are «not real» and hence sea level rise due to global warming isn't anything to worry about.

So far, today's tsunami has mainly affected Japan — there are reports of up to 300 dead in the coastal city of Sendai — but future tsunamis could strike the U.S. and virtually any other coastal area of the world with equal or greater force, say scientists.

It would seem that Alexandria — and the other coastal cities — have a few more decades to prepare their defenses — and their routes of retreat.

But I must say that the sea grass and other coastal habitats are already stressed in Louisiana, so the oil will not be good for them.

And it was in 1988 that James Hansen decided to present the case that this slow warming since the LIA was soon to become «unprecedented» due to CO2 emissions, thus causing untold climate chaos - i.e. boiling oceans, droughts, famines, Manhattan Island flooding along with other coastal regions, Earth turning into the next Venus, and etc..

Will short term economic fears and property value concerns drive other coastal projects away?

For example, rising sea level increases the likelihood that a storm surge will overtop a levee or damage other coastal infrastructure, such as coastal roads, sewage treatment plants, or gas lines — all with potentially large, expensive, and immediate consequences (Nordhaus, 2010).

But there are two climate - related issues that we need to consider now: rising sea level (which is already affecting the magnitude of storm surges, which in practice do much of the damage in hurricanes and other coastal storms), and projections that the incidence of very intense hurricanes should increase in the 100 - year time scale.

You find that sea level rise resulting from their continued emissions — and India and all the other developing countries — rapidly causes Shanghai and Shandong and Shenzhen and many other coastal cities of China to disappear under the ocean before the end of this century.

Among the economic costs climate change is expected to enact on the United States over the next 25 years are: $ 35 million in annual property losses from hurricanes and other coastal storms, $ 12 billion a year as a result of heat wave - driven demand for electricity, and tens of billions of dollars from the corn and wheat industry due to a 14 percent drop in crop yields.

Projected changes pose significant uncertainties and risks to fisheries, aquaculture and other coastal activities.

The news is particularly troubling for my country, the Maldives — the world's lowest lying island chain — and for other coastal and island nations that sit just [continue reading...]

We've seen it happen with Hurricanes Sandy, Katrina, Rita, and many other coastal storms.

Sea levels around Britain could rise by more than one metre (3ft) due to climate change, according to a new assessment of melting ice sheets and glaciers, causing floods in London and other coastal towns.

(C) mitigate the destructive impact of ocean - related climate change effects, including effects on bays, estuaries, populated barrier islands and other ocean - related features, through a variety of means and measures, including the construction of jetties, levies, and other coastal structures in densely populated coastal areas impacted by climate change.

San Mateo County and other coastal California counties and cities are suing fossil fuel companies over their role in climate change, particularly sea level rise.

In the case of global warming, the innocent are likely to include residents of south Louisiana and other coastal communities whose lives will be disrupted by sea level rise and other climate change effects, and by the loss of species, he said.

The case, brought forward by the Gitga'at and other coastal First Nations, argued the province erred when it handed over decision - making authority for the project to the federal government under a provincial - federal Joint Review Process managed by the federal National Energy Board.

Coastal living carries risk, however, as hurricanes and other coastal storms inflict trillions in property and infrastructure damage each year.

These models are currently used by the insurance industry in underwriting flood and wind insurance products, by the finance industry in pricing catastrophe bonds, and by local officials in coastal communities in preparing for and responding to hurricanes and other coastal storms.

«They must address these aquatic environments and the fishing, aquaculture and other coastal communities whose livelihoods and even survival will be threatened by climate change.

Csatho says that despite the landmark Paris climate deal of 2015, there is still a lot of uncertainty about how global warming could affect island nations and other coastal communities.

New York City's East River may become the site of the nation's first full - scale tidal power plant - a potentially big step for other coastal cities looking for locally - generated renewable energy that's fish - friendly, too.

The obsession with average sea level rise compared with other coastal hazards (increases in water levels driven by storms as well as tsunamis) is a good illustration of how the focus on climate change is distorting assessments of risks and hazards.

SLR already threatens several small island states in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and, depending on how much sea level will rise in the coming decades and centuries, other coastal areas will become uninhabitable.

Another paper, by Scott Doney of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, adds in the impact from agricultural runoff and other coastal pollution:

But the difference is: we now have Amsterdam and many other coastal cities in the world, and losing these through our own fault would be stupid.

If the infrastructure that supports the town gets too expensive to maintain then it will die a slow death like many other coastal communities.

Other coastal areas that do not possess Bangladesh's unique geography also can not depend on increased sedimentation to offset sea level rise.

What would the good scientists and well informed layfolk here suggest to the people making policy for NYC and other coastal areas?

Some of the resiliency measures looked at by New York, which other coastal communities can consider, include floodwalls, levee systems, relocation of critical building infrastructure such as electrical equipment and wetland replenishment.

But if steady investments are made in seawalls and other coastal protections, vulnerability could be sharply reduced.

So long Miami, New Orleans, and other coastal cities — it's been good to know you!»

Galway, like other coastal counties in the Celtic West of Ireland, has always exerted an attraction for Irish and UK plein - air landscape artists specializing in landscape painting, who are drawn by its rugged beautiful views and authentic Celtic / Gaelic culture.