A review on coastal erosion and flooding risks and best management practices in West Africa: what has been done and should be done

B Alves, DB Angnuureng, P Morand… - Journal of Coastal …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The West African coast is vulnerable to natural hazards and human interventions.
Although various measures have been taken at different scales, mostly at the local level …

Coastal zone changes in West Africa: Challenges and opportunities for satellite earth observations

R Almar, T Stieglitz, KA Addo, K Ba, GA Ondoa… - Surveys in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The West African coastal population and ecosystems are increasingly exposed to a
multitude of hazards. These are likely to be exacerbated by global climate change and direct …

Influence of El Niño on the variability of global shoreline position

R Almar, J Boucharel, M Graffin, GO Abessolo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Coastal zones are fragile and complex dynamical systems that are increasingly under threat
from the combined effects of anthropogenic pressure and climate change. Using global …

Towards West African coastal social-ecosystems sustainability: Interdisciplinary approaches

O Dada, R Almar, P Morand, F Menard - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The coastal system can be regarded as co-evolving socio-economic and ecological systems
undergoing intense environmental pressures owing to the mechanisms of change exerted …

Coastal shoreline change assessments at global scales

JA Warrick, D Buscombe, K Vos, KR Bryan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
During the present era of rapid climate change and sea-level rise, coastal change science is
needed at global, regional, and local scales. Essential elements of this science, regardless …

[HTML][HTML] Wave variability along the world's continental shelves and coasts: Monitoring opportunities from satellite Earth observation

EWJ Bergsma, R Almar, EJ Anthony, T Garlan… - Advances in Space …, 2022 - Elsevier
Insight on wave regimes along the world's coastlines is important for virtually all coastal and
nearshore marine activities, installations, planning and protection. Waves are pervasive and …

African coastal camera network efforts at monitoring ocean, climate, and human impacts

GO Abessolo, R Almar, DB Angnuureng, F Bonou… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Regular and long-term monitoring of coastal areas is a prerequisite to avoiding or mitigating
the impacts of climate and human-driven hazards. In Africa, where populations and …

Modeling the Bight of Benin (Gulf of Guinea, West Africa) coastline response to natural and anthropogenic forcing

GO Abessolo, M Larson, R Almar - Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The 400-km long coast of the Bight of Benin, formed by sand barriers and lagoons, is
bordered to the east by the Niger River Delta and to the west by the Volta River Delta and is …

Modelling cross-shore shoreline change on multiple timescales and their interactions

R Schepper, R Almar, E Bergsma, S de Vries… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a new approach to model wave-driven, cross-shore shoreline change
incorporating multiple timescales is introduced. As a base, we use the equilibrium shoreline …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting beach profiles with machine learning from offshore wave reflection spectra

E Disdier, R Almar, R Benshila, M Al Najar… - … Modelling & Software, 2025 - Elsevier
Tracking and forecasting changes in coastal morphology is vital for development, risk
reduction, and overall coastal management. One challenge of current coastal research and …