State of the Environment in the Asia and Pacific Coastal Zones and Effects of Global Change

Mimura, Naoya

doi:10.1007/1-4020-3628-0_2

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“…Such a dialogue with society can be seen in approaches such as Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) (Post and Lundin, 1996;Harvey and Hilton, 2006). ICM has become a policy tool that engages a comprehensive framework from stakeholders at all levels of society that addresses multiple management issues (Mimura, 2006). Cummins et al (2009) state that 'ICM is a dynamic and continuous process of administering the use, development and protection of the coastal zone and its resources towards common objectives of national and local authorities and the aspiration of different resource user groups' .…”

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Climate change adaptation in practice: people's responses to tidal flooding in Semarang, Indonesia

Harwitasari¹,

Ast²

2011

Journal of Flood Risk Management

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In many places in the world the effects of common floods are increased by climate change. In the area around the Indonesian city of Semarang, the number and effects of tidal flooding are becoming more and more severe. We found that the inhabitants used different strategies against the impact of flooding. In both the existing and the predicted flood prone areas, most people appear not to intend to leave the area, even when the floods become everyday routine. People are connected to their dwellings in a way that abandoning is not a realistic scenario. This study provides relevant information about the way people in the affected areas perceive flood risks and adaptation opportunities. Governmental policymakers and urban planners could base their strategies and actions on this information.

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confidence: 99%

Climate change adaptation in practice: people's responses to tidal flooding in Semarang, Indonesia

Harwitasari¹,

Ast²

2011

Journal of Flood Risk Management

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“…In addition to the increasing direct anthropogenic pressures on the coast due to both the growing agricultural and industrial activities to fulfil humans needs, the increasing population and human modifications made on the watersheds directly impact and modify the coastal ecosystems. For instance, some major Asian deltas have been losing their geomorphological features due to a reduced load of sediments from the rivers following the implementation of dams (Mimura, 2006). Another example of rather unexpected human-induced change in coastal nutrient concentrations is that management policies implemented to reduce N and P loads in the Rhine and Meuse Rivers had induced an increase of Si concentrations in the coastal North Sea (Prins et al 2012).…”

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Trajectories of nutrients concentrations and ratios in the French coastal ecosystems: 20 years of changes in relation with large-scale and local drivers

Lheureux

David

Yolanda

et al. 2023

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Sewage is one of the most significant source of coastal pollution across the Pacific region (Brodie, 2016;Carter, 1990;Chape, 2006;Koshy et al, 2006). The causes of sewage pollution include overflowing latrines, septic systems, low functioning sewage treatment plants, as well as the lack of sanitation facilities (Fujita et al, 2013;Herrera-Silveira et al, 2004;Islam and Tanaka, 2004;Komugabe-Dixson et al, 2019;Mimura, 2006;Mosley and Aalbersberg, 2003). Nearly every Pacific island nation has identified critical environmental and public health problems resulting from the disposal of human related sewage (Brodie, 2016;Fujita et al, 2013;Naidu et al, 1991;Palanaippan et al, 2017;UNEP, 1999).…”

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“…Vanuatu, as with most other Pacific islands, faces global, national and local-scale challenges to its unique and valuable marine habitats (Bell et al, 2011;Brodie, 2016;Chape, 2006;Glynn et al, 2016;McIntyre and Heileman, 2005;Mimura, 2006;Waycott et al, 2011). The data set presented here provides a baseline against which future studies can be benchmarked.…”

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Seagrass habitat in Tarawa Lagoon, Kiribati: Service benefits and links to national priority issues

Brodie

Maata

et al. 2020

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Nearshore deterioration of water quality in Pacific coastal waters is a growing problem, associated with increasing urban and industrial sewage discharges, and agricultural runoff. Published water quality studies in the Pacific region are limited in both number and scope, making it difficult to resolve the extent of the issue or quantify the variability of water quality across Pacific islands and countries. This study collected water quality measurements over three years in the coastal waters around the Island of Efate (Vanuatu) with majority of work carried out in Port Vila, its capital. Port Vila is the key urban centre for Vanuatu where the increasing population and pollution inputs are placing substantial pressure on the coastal environment. Highest concentrations of dissolved nutrients and suspended sediments were measured adjacent or near the urban drains that enter the coastal areas along the capital's seafront, highlighting many of the issues around anthropogenic inputs are linked to the increasing urbanisation in Port Vila Bay. We provide baseline data that explores variability of coastal water quality and these types of datasets for Pacific islands are a first step towards facilitating development of long-term monitoring programmes and informing coastal zone management decision making.Pacific countries and their marine waters have high environmental and human value, with vast areas of marine habitats, coastal waters, vulnerable ecosystems and biota (Tsamenyi and Jit, 2011). A large proportion of the Pacific community live close to the sea or are highly dependent on their association with it (Bell et al., 2011;Donnelly et al., 2012;Muckle et al., 2015) with human wellbeing being intrinsically linked to the health of the marine oceanscape. Whilst there are several ongoing research programs in the Pacific that target climate change, water quality and habitat loss, it is difficult to adequately report on the 40 million km 2 area of the Pacific oceanscape (Tsamenyi and Jit, 2011). There is an urgent need for accessible water quality data and improved understanding of the impacts of pollution to ensure good environmental health and human wellbeing and to support sustainable fishing and tourism (Komugabe-Dixson et al., 2019;Mcleod et al., 2019).The Commonwealth Marine Economies (CME) Programme was initiated in the Pacific in 2016 with funding from the United Kingdom government (McManus et al., 2019). The aim of the programme was to provide Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with improved hydrographic and scientific data relating to their marine environments. This approach to the collection and dissemination of scientific data aligns well with the objectives laid out in Salpin et al. (2018), who identified that the opportunity for Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) to undertake and benefit from marine science, including accessing appropriate technology, represents a significant contribution to their sustainable development aspirations. Many components of ecological measurements in Pa...

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State of the Environment in the Asia and Pacific Coastal Zones and Effects of Global Change

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Climate change adaptation in practice: people's responses to tidal flooding in Semarang, Indonesia

Climate change adaptation in practice: people's responses to tidal flooding in Semarang, Indonesia

Trajectories of nutrients concentrations and ratios in the French coastal ecosystems: 20 years of changes in relation with large-scale and local drivers

Seagrass habitat in Tarawa Lagoon, Kiribati: Service benefits and links to national priority issues

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