Improving management of future coastal development in Qatar through ecosystem-based management approaches

JA Burt, R Ben-Hamadou, MAR Abdel-Moati… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2017 - Elsevier
The coastline of Qatar is a rich mosaic of productive and diverse ecosystems including
mangrove forests, intertidal mudflats (sabkha), seagrass beds, and coral reefs. These …

Current status of mangrove conservation efforts in Qatar: A review

PSP Arachchige, M Rondon, AD Roy, MS Watt… - Regional Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, mangrove conservation efforts in Qatar were reviewed based on sources-from
Google Scholar, Google, Scopus, WoS, OpenAlex, and CrossRef-published from January …

The impact of development plans on hydrological changes in the Shazand Watershed, Iran

AA Davudirad, SH Sadeghi… - Land Degradation & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development plans are mainly responsible for population changes and the
conversion of forest and rangelands into agricultural lands and human settlements …

Land use/cover change and its relationship with regional development in Xixian New Area, China

S Zhang, Z Guan, Y Liu, F Zheng - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is a close relationship between land use/cover change and regional development in
new urban areas. In this paper, based on the land-use data before (2010, 2013) and after …

An assessment of Qatar's coral communities in a regional context

JA Burt, EG Smith, C Warren, J Dupont - Marine pollution bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
Qatar's once extensive coral communities have undergone considerable change in recent
decades. We quantitatively surveyed three coral assemblages in Qatar to assess current …

Urban land-use dynamics in the Niger delta: the case of Greater Port Harcourt watershed

NG Dan-Jumbo, MJ Metzger, AP Clark - Urban Science, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cities in developing countries are urbanising at a rapid rate, resulting in substantial
pressures on environmental systems. Among the main factors that lead to flooding …

Analysis and Forecast of Land Use and Carbon Sink Changes in Jilin Province, China

M Wei, C Du, X Wang - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Based on the land use data changes in Jilin Province in 2011, 2014, 2017, and 2020, this
paper analyzes the land use changes during 2011–2020 through the land use transfer …

Prioritization of subwatersheds based on flooding conditions using hydrological model, multivariate analysis and remote sensing technique

H Darabi, K Shahedi, K Solaimani… - Water and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Prioritization of watersheds has gained more importance in natural resources management,
particularly in the context of watershed management. Flooding potential is one of the main …

Environmental impact assessment methodological framework for liquefied natural gas terminal and transport network planning

MP Papadopoulou, C Antoniou - Energy policy, 2014 - Elsevier
The recent discovery of significant offshore natural gas reserves in the Aphrodite field, south
of the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea, changes the energy landscape in the …

Intersection of landscape, anthropocene and fourth paradigm

AS Barau, ANM Ludin - Living Review Landscape Res, 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
This review explores landscape science in the proposed age of the Anthropocene and
Fourth Paradigm. Both the Anthropocene and the Fourth Paradigm put landscape science to …