Green infrastructure for the reduction of coastal disasters: A review of the protective role of coastal forests against tsunami, storm surge, and wind waves

CW Chang, N Mori - Coastal Engineering Journal, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Green infrastructure, utilizing coastal ecosystems, provides a nature-based solution to
counteract coastal hazards and rising sea level. Coastal forests, a major type of green …

[PDF][PDF] Mangrove area assessment in India: Implications of loss of mangroves

SC Sahu, HS Suresh, IK Murthy… - J. Earth Sci. Clim …, 2015 - academia.edu
Mangroves are extremely important bio-resources which are crucial to coastal environment.
Mangroves are declining rapidly as they are getting degraded for agriculture, aquaculture …

[PDF][PDF] The potential of L‐band SAR for quantifying mangrove characteristics and change: case studies from the tropics

RM Lucas, AL Mitchell, AKE Rosenqvist… - Aquatic conservation …, 2007 - amapmed.free.fr
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Advanced Land Observing Satellite
(ALOS) L-band Phased Array Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR), launched successfully in …

[PDF][PDF] Environmental and Geological Impacts of the 26 December 2004 Tsunami in Coastal Zone of Thailand--Overview of Short and Long-Term Effects.

W Szczuciński, N Chaimanee, P Niedzielski… - Polish Journal of …, 2006 - pjoes.com
Abstract our paper presents selected short-and long-term environmental and geological
impacts of the 26 December 2004 tsunami on the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand. The …

Using remote sensing to assess the protective role of coastal woody vegetation against tsunami waves

MF Olwig, MK Sørensen, MS Rasmussen… - … Journal of Remote …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This paper describes how remote sensing techniques were used to study the effect of
mangroves and other woody coastal vegetation as a protective measure against the 2004 …

Assessment of biomass and carbon stocks in mangroves of Thalassery estuarine wetland of Kerala, south west coast of India

K Vinod, PK Asokan, PU Zacharia… - Journal of Coastal …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Vinod, K.; Asokan, PK; Zacharia, PU; Ansar, CP; Vijayan, G.; Anasukoya, A.;
Kunhi Koya, VA, and Nikhiljith, MK, 2019. Assessment of biomass and carbon stocks in …

Coastal forest structure survey and associated land crab population in Suao Dakenggu community, Yilan, Taiwan

CH Hsu, WT Fang, HK Chiu, WC Kao, TS Huang - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coastal forests can increase the resilience of seaside communities against natural disasters.
These forests also provide other benefits, including food and an avenue for economic …

Landscape analysis and tsunami damage in Aceh: comment on Iverson and Prasad (2007)

AH Baird, AM Kerr - Landscape Ecology, 2008 - Springer
Data presented in Iverson and Prasad (2007), Using landscape analysis to assess and
model tsunami damage in Aceh province, Sumatra. Landscape Ecology 22: 323–331 do not …

[PDF][PDF] 2| Coastal defense services provided by mangroves

A McIvor, T Spencer, I Möller… - … Coasts with Natural …, 2016 - conservationgateway.org
Mangrove forests reduce risk from coastal hazards, such as waves, storm surges, and
tsunamis. They reduce flood depths and wave heights, lessening damage to property …

A bibliometrical review on pre-and posttsunami assumptions and facts about mangroves and other coastal vegetation as protective buffers

JL Pulukkuttige, F Dahdouh-Guebas - Ruhuna Journal of Science, 2012 - 192.248.48.10
Abstract Using the Web of Science® database (Institute of Science Information–ISI,
Philadelphia, PA, USA) we analysed pre-(1972-2004) and post-tsunami (2005) clues about …