The Evolution of the Coastal Economy: The Role of Working Waterfronts in the Alabama Gulf Coast

Zhang, Yaoqi; Sheng, Li; Guo, Zhimei

doi:10.3390/su7044310

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“…Working waterfronts, in the Alabama coastal area, make a significant contribution to the state economy in tourism, shipping, fishing and other activities. The increase in development pressure on coastal areas is posing a threat to traditional water-dependent industries such as fishing and public recreation [35].…”

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Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods for the Sustainability of Historical–Cultural Structures on the Trabzon Coastline

Işık

Demir

2017

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Unsustainable urban growth has put pressure on urban coastal areas and historical-cultural structures. As such, the important role of coastline sustainability has been revealed, and planners must protect historical-cultural coast characteristics in order to increase the quality of life of citizens. For this reason, this present study investigated the effects of existing coast characteristics and historical-cultural structure changes in recreation and tourism with respect to the Trabzon coastline in Turkey. Through literature and site survey, these effects were classified using specific coastal criteria which increase and decrease coastal use, and these were grouped by factor analysis. For the main criteria, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method was used, and for sub-criteria, the Elimination and Choice Expressing Reality (ELECTRE) method was employed, combining multi-criteria decision-making methods to generate a priority ranking for all criteria. Consequently, "socialization", "city promotion" and "service quality" were revealed as the most effective criteria with respect to coastal use. The methods and the findings may significantly contribute to sustainable tourism planning for other urban coastal areas.

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Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods for the Sustainability of Historical–Cultural Structures on the Trabzon Coastline

Işık

Demir

2017

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“…Most research on vessel interactions with marine megafauna focuses on large cetaceans in offshore shipping routes or recreational boat collisions in nearshore waters (Laist et al, 2001;Laist and Shaw, 2006;van der Hoop et al, 2015;Edwards et al, 2016;Crum et al, 2019). Pressure from shipping, however, is increasing in nearshore as well as offshore channels (Tournadre, 2014;Zhang et al, 2015) and will likely affect smaller cetaceans, pinnipeds, and sirenians that live in nearshore areas at the interface of recreational and commercial channels. Little research has focused on the use of nearshore channel types by marine mammals.…”

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“…The most direct migration routes for manatees in the nGoM overlap with an extensive network of ship channels (Gray et al, 2003;Zhang et al, 2015;U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, 2018).…”

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“…Army Corps Of Engineers, 2018). This network of channels includes smaller, nearshore boat channels ( Figures 1D,E) used by recreational boaters, commercial fisherman and shrimpers, barges, and other shipping vessels, as well as open water fairways ( Figure 1F) that are mostly offshore and used by larger shipping freighters, seismic vessels, and cruise liners (Gray et al, 2003;Zhang et al, 2015). The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), a heavily used route between Texas and Florida, and shipping fairways connect to inshore ports and rivers via overlapping boat channels and fairways and can convey larger vessels miles inshore.…”

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Linking Use of Ship Channels by West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus) to Seasonal Migration and Habitat Use

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Research on marine mammal occurrence in ship channels often focuses on large cetaceans in offshore shipping routes, while nearshore research largely addresses small vessel strikes. Marine mammals, such as the West Indian manatee, that reside in or migrate through nearshore areas, have potential to travel through a wide range of channel types, encountering a greater diversity of vessels than previously recognized. We tested the extent and conditions of ship channel use by manatees along the north-central Gulf of Mexico (nGoM) coast by combining data from telemetry-tracked individuals, opportunistic citizen-sourced sightings, and environmental attributes linked to manatee movements. Manatees used both nearshore boat channels (130 and 300 m wide) and open water fairways but used nearshore channels much more frequently, consistent with habitat requirements. Satellite-tracked individuals swam faster and moved more directly in all channel types, indicating use of these channels as migratory and travel corridors. Accordingly, generalized additive models revealed that manatees used channels most often during spring/early summer and fall and at temperatures coincidental with entry to and exit from the nGoM during migration. Manatees also occurred in ship channels when freshwater discharges were low, likely because timing of peak manatee occurrence in the nGoM coincides with seasonally low discharge periods. Expanding shipping activity worldwide is likely to increase interactions between marine mammals and a variety of vessel types, and these effects may be particularly impactful to migratory animals like manatees that use nearshore habitats at the interface of recreational boating and commercial shipping. Linking near-and offshore ship channel use to migration and habitat use will better aid risk-assessment for vessel collision and other shipping related activities for migratory marine species globally.

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“…Maritime transportation is clean, safe, and cheap relative to other transportation modes, and is the important mode of transportation for domestic and international trade [1]. With the rapid growth of maritime transportation and sustained increases in direct shipment and transshipment services, maritime network analysis has attracted much attention.…”

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Revealing the Linkage Network Dynamic Structures of Chinese Maritime Ports through Automatic Information System Data

Fang

Peng

et al. 2017

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Abstract:Marine economic cooperation has emerged as a major theme in this era of globalization; hence, maritime network connectivity and dynamics have attracted more and more attention. Port construction and maritime route improvements increase maritime trade and thus facilitate economic viability and resource sustainability. This paper reveals the regional dimension of inter-port linkage dynamic structure of Chinese maritime ports from a complex multilayer perspective that is meaningful for strategic forecasting and regional long-term economic development planning. In this research, Automatic Information System (AIS)-derived traffic flows were used to construct a maritime network and subnetworks based on the geographical locations of ports. The linkage intensity between subnetworks, the linkage tightness within subnetworks, the spatial isolation between high-intensity backbones and tight skeleton networks, and a linkage concentration index for each port were calculated. The ports, in turn, were analyzed based on these network attributes. This study analyzed the external competitiveness and internal cohesion of each subnetwork. The results revealed problems in port management and planning, such as unclear divisions in port operations. More critically, weak complementary relationships between the backbone and skeleton networks among the ports reduce connectivity and must be strengthened. This research contributes to the body of work supporting strategic decision-making for future development.

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The Evolution of the Coastal Economy: The Role of Working Waterfronts in the Alabama Gulf Coast

Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods for the Sustainability of Historical–Cultural Structures on the Trabzon Coastline

Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods for the Sustainability of Historical–Cultural Structures on the Trabzon Coastline

Linking Use of Ship Channels by West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus) to Seasonal Migration and Habitat Use

Revealing the Linkage Network Dynamic Structures of Chinese Maritime Ports through Automatic Information System Data

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