scholarly journals SPECIAL ISSUE “ The Current Situations and Issues for the Reconstruction of the Coastal Forests ”On the current situation and problems of coastal forest reconstruction of Miyagi Prefecture

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 346-347
Author(s):  
Sousuke TAKAHASHI
Keyword(s):  
Current Situation ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Miyagi Prefecture

scholarly journals Analysis of private natural heritage reserves as a conservation strategy for the biodiversity of the cocoa region of the southern State of Bahia, Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 699-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Schiavetti ◽  
Haydee Torres de Oliveira ◽  
Alene da Silva Lins ◽  
Pablo Santana Santos
Keyword(s):  
Forest Succession ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Southern State ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Environmental Agencies

Brazil was the first country in Latin America to establish and regulate this type of reserve, and there are currently more than 700 Private Nature Heritage Reserves (RPPN in Portuguese) officially recognized by either federal or state environmental agencies. Together, these RPPN protect more than a half million hectares of land in the country. The coastal forests in the southern part of Bahia State extend 100 to 200 km inland, gradually changing in physiognomy as they occupy the dryer inland areas. The coastal forest has been subjected to intense deforestation, and currently occupies less than 10% of its original area. For this work the creation processes of the RPPN were consulted to obtain the data creation time, size of property, the condition of the remaining forest, succession chain and the last paid tax. After that, interviews with the owners were made to confirm this data. Sixteen RPPN have been established in this region until 2005. Their sizes vary from 4.7 to 800 ha. Ten of these RPPN are located within state or federal conservation areas or their buffer zones. In spite of the numerous national and international conservation strategies and environmental policies focused on the region, the present situation of the cocoa zone is threatening the conservation of the region's natural resources. The establishment of private reserves in the cocoa region could conceivably improve these conservation efforts. This type of reserve can be established under a uniform system supported by federal legislation, and could count on private organizations.

scholarly journals Using remote sensing to assess tsunami-induced impacts on coastal forest ecosystems at the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 729-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Roemer ◽  
G. Kaiser ◽  
H. Sterr ◽  
R. Ludwig
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Ground Truth ◽  
Andaman Sea ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Change Detection Algorithms ◽  
Damage Maps ◽  
2004 Tsunami ◽  
Sea Coast

Abstract. The December 2004 tsunami strongly impacted coastal ecosystems along the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand. In this paper tsunami-induced damage of five different coastal forest ecosystems at the Phang-Nga province coast is analysed with a remote sensing driven approach based on multi-date IKONOS imagery. Two change detection algorithms, change vector analysis (CVA) and direct multi-date classification (DMC), are applied and compared regarding their applicability to assess tsunami impacts. The analysis shows that DMC outperforms CVA in terms of accuracy (Kappa values for DMC ranging between 0.947 and 0.950 and between 0.610–0.730 for CVA respectively) and the degree of detail of the created change classes. Results from DMC show that mangroves were the worst damaged among the five forests, with a 55% of directly damaged forest in the study area, followed by casuarina forest and coconut plantation. Additionally this study points out the uncertainties in both methods which are mainly due to a lack of ground truth information for the time between the two acquisition dates of satellite images. The created damage maps help to better understand the way the tsunami impacted coastal forests and give basic information for estimating tsunami sensitivity of coastal forests.

scholarly journals Special Issue “Digital Twin Technology in the AEC Industry”

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Jisong Zhang ◽  
Lihua Zhao ◽  
Guoqian Ren ◽  
Haijiang Li ◽  
Xiaofei Li
Keyword(s):  
Structural Design ◽  
Structural Engineering ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Digital Twin ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

Sustainable building design has become a hot topic over the past decades. Many standards, databases, and tools have been developed for achieving a sustainable building. Not until recently have the importance of structural engineering and its contribution to sustainable building design been full recognised. However, due to the highly fragmented and diversity of knowledge across building and infrastructure domains, there is a lack of approach that can address all the sustainable issues within the structural design. This paper reviews the sustainable design from the perspective of structural engineering: (1) reviewing the current situation; (2) identifying the gaps and difficulties; and (3) making recommendations for future improvements. The strategies and indicators, as well as BIM-enabled methodology, for sustainable structural design (SSD) are also discussed in a holistic way. The results of this investigation show that most of the methods are not doing well in terms of delivering a successful sustainable structural design. It is expected that the future BIM could probably provide such a platform to address these issues.

Formation forest fitotsenozov Volga River right banks

10.12737/3833 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ульданова ◽  
Railya Uldanova
Keyword(s):  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Jaccard Coefficient ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Floristic Similarity ◽  
Α Diversity ◽  
Mixed Grass

The coastal forests, presented by valuable deciduous and coniferous forests, grow in the northeastern and eastern parts of the Volga region of the Republic of Tatarstan, skirting the high right bank of the Volga River. They contribute to the maintenance of biological diversity in nature. The study of the formation of coastal forest phytocenoses, their species diversity and the modern state is now urgent work, and development activities for the conservation of natural habitats of plants, improve the sustainability of forest ecosystems are perspective direction. According to research of the forests of the right bank of the river Volga, we present the structure of coastal forest ecosystems. The association of forest ecosystems to the various elements of the relief was installed. The types of soil and litter were presented. The estimation of α-diversity of vascular herbaceous plants and ß-diversity of the studied forest ecosystems were reported. The largest number of species of vascular plants in coastal forests are: oak plant communities; a second group includes birch plants, pine and willow; the third group - the lime and larch; the fourth group - maple plant communitie. The ß-diversity index (Whittaker’s index) of plants in the studied forests varies between 2.2-6.8. The Jaccard coefficient of floristic similarity between forest ecosystems varies from 0.01 to 0.30, which confirms the diversity of generated by coastal forest ecosystems. The greatest diversity of plants was found in forests of ash and mixed grass, mixed grass willow, oak and lime-grove, maple, ash and mixed grass larches, birch wood. The forestry activities in coastal areas should be aimed at creating productive, sustainable forest ecosystems with a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna.

scholarly journals THE EXISTENCE OF COASTAL FOREST, ITS IMPLICATION FOR TSUNAMI HAZARD PROTECTION, A CASE STUDY: IN CILACAP-CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yudhicara Yudhicara
Keyword(s):  
Cocos Nucifera ◽  
Tsunami Hazard ◽  
Coastal Protection ◽  
Casuarina Equisetifolia ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Southern Coast ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Tsunami Height ◽  
Tsunami Waves ◽  
Hazard Potential

The southern coast of Java which is facing to the Indian Ocean has many of natural hazard potential come from the sea. Since 2006 tsunami impacted the southern coast of Java, and caused severely damage especially along the coast of Cilacap (1-7,7 m run up height). People commit to do greening the beach by planting suitable plants such as a Casuarina equisetifolia, Terminalia catappa, and Cocos nucifera. This paper discusses the existence of coastal forests in Cilacap coastal area, their potential ability as a coastal protection from the tsunami wave which cover the density, diameter, height, age, and other parameters that affects the coastal defence against tsunami waves. Some experiences of tsunamis that have occurred, indicating that the above parameters linked to the ability of vegetation to act as a natural barrier against tsunamis. In the case of sandy beaches, such as in Cilacap, Pandanus odorarissimus has more effectiveness than other trees due to its hanging roots that can withstand the tsunami height less than 5 m, able to withstand debris and can withstand the scouring effects of tsunami waves, while Casuarina equisetifolia along Cilacap beaches more dominant than other trees, so it is recommended to increase the diversity of plants as well as increase the density and tree placement setting. By field measurement in order to get parameter applied to some graphs, Cilacap coastal forest does not enough capability for tsunami barrier reflected to the tsunami height experience in this region. Ages could be the important parameter in order to have bigger diameter trunk, higher trees height, and high resistance capacity againts tsunami hazard potential. Compare to Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Cilacap coastal forest still young and need some more years to make trees ready act as tsunami reduction. Keywords: Cilacap coastal forest, Kupang, tsunami, vegetation parameters. Pantai Selatan Jawa yang berhadapan dengan Samudera Hindia, memiliki banyak potensi mengalami bahaya yang datang dari lautan. Selama tahun 2006, Tsunami telah menimpa sebagian pantai selatan Jawa dan menyebabkan banyak kerusakan parah terutama di sepanjang Pantai Cilacap (tinggi gelombang 1-7,7 m). Masyarakat melakukan penghijauan pantai dengan menanam sejumlah pohon yang sesuai dengan kondisi pantai, seperti pohon cemara pantai (Casuarina equisetifolia), ketapang (Terminalia cattapa) dan kelapa (Cocos nucifera). Tulisan ini membahas penyebaran hutan pantai di wilayah pantai Cilacap, kemampuan dan potensi hutan tersebut sebagai pelindung alami pantai dari bahaya gelombang tsunami, yang terdiri dari kerapatannya, diameter, tingginya, umur, dan parameter lainnya yang mempengaruhi daya tahan pantai terhadap gelombang tsunami. Beberapa pengalaman mengenai kejadian yang telah terjadi, memperlihatkan bahwa parameter tersebut di atas mempengaruhi kemampuan tanaman sebagai penahan alamiah terhadap tsunami. Untuk kondisi pantai berpasir seperti Cilacap, tanaman pandan pantai lebih efektif dibandingkan dengan tanaman lainnya, dikarenakan akarnya yang dapat menahan tinggi gelombang kurang dari 5 m, selain itu akar tersebut dapat menahan material dan erosi vertikal gelombang tsunami, sementara di sepanjang pantai Cilacap, tanaman cemara pantai (Casuarina equisetifolia) lebih dominan dibandingkan tanaman lainnya. Kondisi ini dapat direkomendasikan untuk tetap dipertahankan bahkan ditambah jumlahnya. Di lapangan dilakukan pengukuran parameter tanaman pantai dan hasilnya diplot dalam bentuk grafik dan diaplikasikan dalam grafik yang dibuat berdasarkan hasil penelitian terhadap tsunami di beberapa tempat di dunia terutama di Jepang. Berdasarkan tinggi gelombang maksimum yang pernah terjadi di daerah ini (7,7 m), terlihat bahwa hutan pantai Cilacap belum cukup mampu bertindak sebagai penahan gelombang tsunami. Umur merupakan parameter penting agar pohon memiliki diameter yang besar, pohon yang cukup tinggi dan daya tahan terhadap potensi bahaya tsunami. Dibandingkan dengan hutan pantai di Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, hutan pantai di Cilacap relatif masih muda dan membutuhkan beberapa tahun lagi untuk dapat memperkecil resiko yang ditimbulkan oleh bahaya tsunami. Kata kunci: Hutan pantai Cilacap, Kupang, tsunami dan parameter vegetasi.

scholarly journals Cien números de Cuadernos de Investigación Urbanística

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Departamento de Urbanística Y Ordenación del Territorio DUyOT
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
The One ◽  
First Time

ResumenEl presente número supone una edición especial conmemorativa por los cien números alcanzados por los Cuadernos de Investigación Urbanística – Ci[ur]. A lo largo de las siguientes páginas se recogen una serie de breves artículos en los que diferentes profesores del Departamento de Urbanística y Ordenación del Territorio de la ETSAM, reflexionan sobre el estado actual de los estudios urbanos y pasan revista a algunos de los principales hechos que han tenido lugar en este campo en los últimos veinte años cuando se inició la serie Ci[ur]. Se trata pues de una retrospectiva, no enfocada desde la nostalgia sino desde la ilusión y el ánimo de que este número suponga el pistoletazo de salida de, como mínimo, otros cien números más.Palabras claveEdición especial / retrospectiva estudios urbanos / planeamiento y enseñananza / Urbanismo y crisis / sostenibilidad / enseñanza del urbanismo / habitabilidad / rehabilitación urbana integral / complejidad urbana / burbuja inmobiliariaAbstractThe present paper constitutes a special issue for the one hundred numbers reached by Cuadernos de Investigación Urbanística - Ci[ur]. Throughout the following pages, different professors from the Deparment of Regional and Town Planning of ETSAM, review the current situation of urban studies, as well as the main events that have taken place during the last twenty years, just when Ci[ur], was published by the very first time. Therefore this is a restrospective, not made from nostalgia but from the enthusiasm and the hope of making this issue the kick-off for, at least, another one hundred new issues to come.KeywordsSpecial Issue / Urban Studies retrospective / Urban planning and teaching methodologies / Town Planning in time of crisis / sustainability / town planning teaching / Basic habitability / urban regeneration / urban complexity / economic bubble 

Phidon chanco sp. nov. of cockroach from the coastal forest of central Chile (Insecta: Blattaria)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4712 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-126
Author(s):  
ALEJANDRO VERA S.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
The Other ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Native Flora ◽  
Median Triangle

Phidon chanco sp. nov. is the first species of the genus where both sexes are described Male and female genitalia are described and illustrated using SEM. The new species can be distinguished from the other members of the genus, by the existence of brachypterism in both sexes; in males the median triangle of the sternum IX is long, sclerotised, and its apex strongly armed with numerous denticles; in females the tergite X is emarginate. The new species is distributed exclusively in the coastal forests of central Chile, in association with remnants of native flora and protected areas. 

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