Urban and periurban ocean developments impact 1.5% of the global exclusive economic
zones, and the demand for ocean space and resources is increasing. As we strive for a more …

In the marine environment, greening of grey infrastructure (GGI) is a rapidly growing field
that attempts to encourage native marine life to colonise marine artificial structures to …

Climate change and coastal urbanization are driving the replacement of natural habitats with
artificial structures and reclaimed land globally. These novel habitats are often poor …

Coastal urbanisation, energy extraction, food production, ship** and transportation have
led to the global proliferation of artificial structures within the coastal and marine …

Blue-green infrastructure (BGI) is becoming a more popular means of dealing with climate
change and climate change-related events. However, as the concept of BGI is relatively …

Numerous fast-growing coastal cities in the Global South are exposed to coastal, fluvial and
pluvial floods, as a consequence of decades-long rapid urbanisation and weak enforcement …

From microbes to humans, habitat structural complexity plays a direct role in the provision of
physical living space, and increased complexity supports higher biodiversity and ecosystem …

In the context of “green” approaches to coastal engineering, the term “eco-engineering” has
emerged in recent years to describe the incorporation of ecological concepts (including …

Globally, climate change impacts on marine ecosystems are evident in physical, chemical,
and biological processes, and are generally more extensive in faster warming regions …

Human population growth and accelerating coastal development have been the drivers for
unprecedented construction of artificial structures along shorelines globally. Construction …