Jia, Zheng, M.C.P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2012. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-210). / Bangladesh is one of those countries that are most vulnerable to tropical cyclones. In recent decades, cyclone mitigations by the Government of Bangladesh and international organizations have greatly increased the coastal communities' resistance to cyclones. This thesis focuses on cyclone shelter programs,...

Griffith, David R. (David Richmond)

Thesis: Ph. D., Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2013. / Pages 181 and 182 blank. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references. / Steroidal estrogens are potent endocrine disrupting chemicals that are naturally excreted by vertebrates (e.g., humans and fish) and can enter natural waters through ...

Pettigrew, Neal Robert

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND LINDGREN. / Vita. / Bibliography: leaves 255-261. / by Neal Robert Pettigrew. / Ph.D.

Main, Kelly Leilani

Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2018. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-[58]). / Massachusetts has positioned itself as a leader in climate adaptation and mitigation action. However, there is little knowledge about how exactly climate adaptation is occurring at the local level and what barriers municipalities in the state face in implementing adaptation strategies. In response t...

Nowicki, Thomas P

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-109). / by Thomas P. Nowicki. / M.S.

Marks, Frank Decatur

Thesis. 1975. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Meteorology. / Bibliography: leaves 84-85. / by Frank Decatur Marks, Jr. / M.S.

Lickley, Megan Jeramaz

Thesis (S.M. in Technology and Policy)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2012. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77). / The 2005 hurricane season was particularly damaging to the United States, contributing to significant losses to energy infrastructure -much of it a result of flooding from storm surges during hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Previous research suggests that these events are not isolated, but rathe...

Sridaran, Lakshmi

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-133). / With more people in the world living along coasts than any other environment, planning for the coastal zone requires negotiating the socially constructed human relationships that have traditionally produced severe inequality between coastal residents and users. In Louisiana, this inequality is apparent in the great deal of wealth external users ...

Thompson, Christine Mingione

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2011. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references. / Larval supply is an important process linking reproductive output to recruitment of benthic marine invertebrates. Few species-specific studies of bivalve larvae have been performed due to the lack of suitable methods for sp...

Franck, Travis Read

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2009. / This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. / Cataloged from student submitted PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-311). / Climate change impacts, including sea-level rise and changes in tropical storm frequency and intensity, will pose signicant challenges to city plan...

Plovnick, Amy (Amy Rebecca)

Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2016. / This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. / Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-113). / In response to the growing threat of climate change, in recent years many U.S. cities have developed climate adaptation plans. Howeve...

Agarwal, Arpit

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2009. / This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-158). / A fundamental requirement in realistic computational geophysical fluid dynamics is the optimal estimation of gridded fields and of spatial-temporal scales directly from the spatially irregular and multiva...

Delibas, Adem, 1980-

Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2013. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-104). / Pressing problems are facing the coastal waters of the world due to the growing human activity. Increasing population and economic development around coastal areas have left many embayments throughout the world severely impaired. Excessive nutrie...

Klinger, Barry Arthur

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-195). / by Barry A. Klinger. / Ph.D.

McCaffrey, Mark A

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1990. / Vita. / Includes bibliographical references. Includes bibliographical references. / by Mark A. McCaffrey. / Ph.D.

Laruelle, Goulven Gildas

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Amosu, Albert Oluwatobi

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / In South Africa the green macroalga Ulva armoricana is the main species of macroalgae cultured. The species is currently the largest aquaculture (2884.61 tonnes) product by weight with a corresponding capacity for biogas (CH₄) production. We have shown that biotransformation of U. armoricana to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is viable and economically feasible as a clean fuel. pH toxicity tests showed that U. armoricana can be used as a health index, under potentially ...

Hanson, Anne-Marie Sarah

Garbage disorders the city. Biosphere reserves reorder nature. This dissertation examines both of these concepts by focusing on the role of garbage in small cities enveloped by conservation space on the northwestern coast of Yucatán, México. Drawing from over two years of ethnographic research in Yucatán, I examine the historical and political relationships that produce garbage, conservation spaces, expectations of development, and gendered work. This project also points to the importance of mix...

Popkin, Barney P.

From the Proceedings of the 1980 Meetings of the Arizona Section - American Water Resources Assn. and the Hydrology Section - Arizona - Nevada Academy of Science - April 11-12, 1980, Las Vegas, Nevada / The University of Arizona's Environmental Research Laboratory, with the Universidad de Sonora, has operated a research station at Puerto Peñasco on the northeastern Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, since 1962. Research projects have included solar distillation, greenhouse agriculture, shrimp a...

Van Foreest, Dirk

Includes bibliography. / A first picture of the Agulhas current is obtained from data of the Quasi synoptic Agulhas current cruise of March 1969. Reinterpretation of other hydrographic data was possible in the light of the 1969 cruise and the information obtained from satellite tracked buoys. For the 1969 cruise acceleration potential diagrams on various sigma-t levels are discussed and indicate that certain features in the current are of such a scale (length and time) that only closely spaced s...

Hattingh, Karen

Bibliography: pages 108-118. / Management of the coastal environment of the Erongo Region of Namibia is currently fraught with difficulty because of a lack of cohesive planning at national, regional, and local level; a multiplicity of agencies responsible for the management of coastal activities whose planning and management actions are not integrated; and, fragmented environmental legislation which suffers from a lack of coordination. The lack of integrated planning and management has resulted ...

Felisa, Giada <1983>

This work is focused on the study of saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers, and in particular on the realization of conceptual schemes to evaluate the risk associated with it. Saltwater intrusion depends on different natural and anthropic factors, both presenting a strong aleatory behaviour, that should be considered for an optimal management of the territory and water resources. Given the uncertainty of problem parameters, the risk associated with salinization needs to be cast in a probabil...

Pretorius, Cindy

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The unique and often fragile environment of the coastal zone is placed under increasing pressure by human development. It is expected that three quarters of the world's population will be living within 60km of the coast by the year 2020. Thorough planning and management are required to prevent coastal degradation. In South Africa, coastal management efforts are being promoted through the implementation of a White Paper for sus...

Nhantumbo, Emídio Samuel

Thesis (MA (Geography and Environmental Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Tourism development is a complex process which many researchers have attempted to understand from various social science perspectives. This study adopts a geography approach to analyse tourism development in the Inhambane Coastal Zone (ICZ) by using the Miossec (1976) and the Butler (1980) models as basic frameworks for analyses. Although both models were found to be useful, they require ...

Lacy, Julia Frances

Decisions on how to proceed at the death of a loved one can be very hard on those tasked with arranging funeral plans. When the deceased or their family span more than one culture, as frequently occurs in immigrant communities, those who remain may not even know what the culturally appropriate practices are. The difficulty of making decisions and plans without a resource base during times of mourning can increase the emotional burden of those who experience the death of a loved one. This re...

Mahood, Kirsten

Degree of Master of Forestry (Conservation Ecology) / Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / Full text to be digitised and attached to bibliographic record. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the use of top-soiling, irrigation and translocating indigenous plants to facilitate the cost-effective return of a mined landscape to its former land-use (small stock farming) in an arid winter rainfall Succulent Karoo shrub land biome on the West Coast of South Africa. Effects of tops...

Pauw, Marco Johann

Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Exxaro Namakwa Sands heavy mineral sands mine at Brand-se-Baai, on the west coast of South Africa, is an important source of income, development and job-creation in the region. However, this comes at a great environmental cost, as strip mining causes large scale destruction of ecosystems through the complete removal of vegetation and topsoil. This is particularly problematic in an environment, such as Namaqualand, where the...

Du Preez, D

Includes bibliographical references. / The most intensively used part of the Namib Coastline, the area between Walvis Bay and the Ugab river, contains some of the most important and most sensitive natural habitats. Apart from their ecological value, these habitats also attract large numbers of tourists. Tourism is one of the main sources of income in the coastal area of the Erongo Region, therefore it is in the interest of Namibians that these habitats are utilised in a sustainable way. The Depa...

Dobeson, Alexander

Natural resource–based economies are typically embedded in rural networks of production. In recent years, however, the privatisation of access rights and the organisation of markets have substantially transformed some of these rural economies. By using the case of the Icelandic coastal fisheries, this ethnographic study shows, on one hand, how property rights–based management regimes and markets have reconfigured rural economies by disentangling fishers from their community ties, leading to incr...

Brown, Penelope Cranstoun

Bibliography: pages 85-95. / Procedures for measuring phytoplankton production in the southern Benguela upwelling region were investigated. A 125 ml incubation bottle is recommended for routine primary production measurements. Exposure of production samples to high light intensities during manipulations on deck was found to inhibit rates of production near the bottom of the euphotic zone particularly below a thermocline. Simulated in situ rates of oxygen production were only slightly higher than...

Reche Andúgar, Cristina

La contaminació atmósferica és un problema de salut pública que causa més de 380000 morts només a la Unió Europea. Un nombre important d’estudis epidimiològics durts a terme en els últims anys ha associat el material particulat atmosfèric (PM) amb la mortalitat i la morbilitat d’origen respiratori i cardiovascular. Així mateix, la investigació al voltant de les fonts i mecanismes implicats en aquesta associació és avui dia un dels camps més relevants en les ciències ambientals. Les fonts d'emiss...

Fidel, Quilanda

Bibliography: leaves 55-62. / To study the coastal hydro-climate in the central Angolan region, in situ temperatrure and satellite derived SST and in situ salinity were used to describe both the SST and SSS fields off Angola during the period 1969-1999 with some gaps. Emphasis was placed upn the Lobito coastal oceanographic station (12? 19S 13? 34E) mean temperature and salinity distributions and the seasonal and interannual temperature and salinity variability. The main aims of this study were ...

Stephany, Fabian

The prospects for the next Generation - whether young people, regardless of their backgrounds, have equal chances of social success - pose a momentous problem for modern societies. Inequality of opportunity, often reflected by social immobility, is a threat to the egalitarian promise and the stability of your society. This work argues that social capital transmission plays an important role for the chances of social success in Western societies. For the example of Germany, it is reasoned th...

Blount, Keyyana

Pacific Northwest coastal wetland extent has been significantly reduced due to development. To understand the effects of land use change on carbon cycling in coastal wetlands, we compared soil carbon dynamics in restored, disturbed (by diking or draining), and reference wetlands in both freshwater and saline conditions in Coos Bay, Oregon. We quantified soil carbon pools, measured in situ fluxes of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2), and estimated sediment deposition and carbon sequestration...

Hughes, Margaret P.

Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-98). Description: vii, 98 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.

Hilborn, Andrea

A major limitation for remote sensing analyses of oceanographic variables is loss of spatial data. The Data INterpolating Empirical Orthogonal Functions (DINEOF) method has demonstrated effectiveness for filling spatial gaps in remote sensing datasets, making them more easily implemented in further applications. However, dataset reconstructions with this method are sensitive to the characteristics of the input data used. The spatial and temporal coverage of the input imagery can heavily impact t...

Albert, Simon, Aswani, Shankar, Fisher, Paul L, Albert, Joelle

Globally the majority of commercial fisheries have experienced dramatic declines in stock and catch. Likewise, projections for many subsistence fisheries in the tropics indicate a dramatic decline is looming in the coming decades. In the Pacific Islands coastal fisheries provide basic subsistence needs for millions of people. A decline in fish catch would therefore have profound impacts on the health and livelihoods of these coastal communities. Given the decrease in local catch rates reported f...

Dewar, Genevieve Isabel

Includes bibliographical references. . / The purpose of this thesis was to study human adaptation in a desert environment during the Later Stone Age. Nine open-air sites from the coastal desert of Namaqualand, South Africa were excavated and analysed with the focus on identifying settlement patterns and subsistence strategies within the context of a desert environment. Using radiocarbon dates and palaeoenvironmental indices, it was noted that most occupation of the region is linked to periods th...

Come, Juliana Arsénio

Tourism is increasingly seen as a panacea for the problems of rural areas, especially in developing countries. It is promoted by governments and international development organizations as a vehicle for achieving development, poverty reduction and economic growth. However, tourism has resulted in many unwanted economic, social, cultural and environmental consequences for local communities. Through a case study conducted in Ponta do Ouro, Southern Mozambique, this research sought to investigate th...

Redelstein, Regine

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Puccinelli, Eleonora

Benthic filter feeders have a key functional role in the dynamics of coastal food web as an intermediate trophic level and bioengineers. A wide variety of factors, operating across multiple spatial scales (e.g. hydrographic regime, human activities), can affect the composition of the water column and thus the availability of food for benthic populations. Food availability in turn affects the growth, reproductive rates and survival of benthic organisms, and consequently, can influence the functio...

Wright, Alan

The thesis covers the investigation of the storm water runoff and artificial recharge components of the Atlantis Water Resource Management Scheme in the Southwestern Cape. The objective of the study was to obtain an in-depth knowledge of the process of artificial recharge of urban storm water runoff, in order to identify the most efficient recharge management strategy for the Atlantis aquifer. To achieve the objective it was necessary to first study the existing knowledge on urban storm water hy...

Nhantumbo, Bernardino J

Includes bibliographical references. / The propagation characteristics of the coastal trapped waves (CTWs) around the coast of southern Africa were investigated by analyzing the observed daily mean sea level data from 16 coastal tide gauges, as well as outputs of sea level anomalies from the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) at a grid point closest to each tide gauge station under consideration. The observed records showed sea level variability dominated by the short time variability with a ...

Capelle, Kristy Durham

Since 1986, Louisianas American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) ranching program has required the release of alligators produced from eggs collected from wild nests to maintain wild populations. This project assessed long-term harvest data (1991-2010s) to estimate survival of released alligators. First, wildlife and fishery harvest models and general inter-disciplinary survival models were evaluated to determine best fit to the data. Second, once the best fitting model was selected, relea...

Simpson, Cherry Lauderdale

This manuscript records an adventure in exploring the inherent possibilities of organic forms for use in the designing of jewelry.

Van Ballegooyen, Roy C

Bibliography: pages 209-221. / The presence of subinertial (2 to 20 day) oscillations in sea levels and currents over the continental shelf surrounding southern Africa is well-documented, however presently available observational data alone are largely ~nsuitable or insufficient to adequately characterise the shelf circulation in terms of coastal-trapped wave (CTW) theory. In this dissertation, an analysis of atmospheric pressure and sea level data from 1980 to 1990, a scale analysis of the equa...

Bostick, Thomas P.

<p> Coastal hazards including storm surge, sea-level rise, and cyclone winds continue to have devastating effects on infrastructure systems and communities despite the costly investments already being made in risk management to mitigate predicted consequences. Risk management has generally not been sufficiently focused on coastal resilience with community stakeholders involved in the process of making their coastlines more resilient to damaging storms. Thus, without earlier stakeholder involveme...

Beckley, Lynnath Elizabeth

Many coastal fish exhibit age-specific differential distribution and shallow inshore regiong provide nursery habitats for juveniles of some species. In this study the occurrence of juvenile fish along the Eastern Cape coast was examined with the objective of assessing the importance of coastal habitats as nursery areas for the common coastal teleosts. The thesis comprises ten separate research papers and an overview of coastal zone utilization by juvenile teleosts in the Eastern Cape. Research w...

Sondell, Niklas

The land-sea transition in coastal areas makes the meteorological conditions rather complex and the structure of the coastal boundary layer is important for many reasons. Two examples are air pollution dispersion and wind energy potential. The wind field off the coast when offshore flow is present has been studied. At the coast there is a sudden change in surface properties that will affect the wind field in the area. When warm air is advected out over the much colder sea we get a stable stratif...

Costa, Rebecca B.

Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost approximately 1,800 square miles of land due to the subsidence of the states coastal wetlands. By the early 1970s, public officials and private citizens were starting to become aware of the crisis on the coast, and a broad agreement developed among state and federal representatives that action was needed to address the problem. Over the course of nearly forty years, policymakers in Louisiana and Washington, D.C., implemented a series of laws and regulations me...