Continuously Tracking the Annual Changes of the Hengsha and Changxing Islands at the Yangtze River Estuary from 1987 to 2016 Using Landsat Imagery
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Inner and Outer Hebrides Hiking Adventure
Dun Ara, Isle of Mull Inner and Outer Hebrides hiking adventure Visiting some great ancient and medieval sites This trip takes us along Scotland’s west coast from the Isle of 9 Mull in the south, along the western edge of highland Scotland Lewis to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), 8 STORNOWAY sometimes along the mainland coast, but more often across beautiful and fascinating islands. This is the perfect opportunity Harris to explore all that the western Highlands and Islands of Scotland have to offer: prehistoric stone circles, burial cairns, and settlements, Gaelic culture; and remarkable wildlife—all 7 amidst dramatic land- and seascapes. Most of the tour will be off the well-beaten tourist trail through 6 some of Scotland’s most magnificent scenery. We will hike on seven islands. Sculpted by the sea, these islands have long and Skye varied coastlines, with high cliffs, sea lochs or fjords, sandy and rocky bays, caves and arches - always something new to draw 5 INVERNESSyou on around the next corner. Highlights • Tobermory, Mull; • Boat trip to and walks on the Isles of Staffa, with its basalt columns, MALLAIG and Iona with a visit to Iona Abbey; 4 • The sandy beaches on the Isle of Harris; • Boat trip and hike to Loch Coruisk on Skye; • Walk to the tidal island of Oronsay; 2 • Visit to the Standing Stones of Calanish on Lewis. 10 Staffa • Butt of Lewis hike. 3 Mull 2 1 Iona OBAN Kintyre Islay GLASGOW EDINBURGH 1. Glasgow - Isle of Mull 6. Talisker distillery, Oronsay, Iona Abbey 2. -
Snohomish Estuary Wetland Integration Plan
Snohomish Estuary Wetland Integration Plan April 1997 City of Everett Environmental Protection Agency Puget Sound Water Quality Authority Washington State Department of Ecology Snohomish Estuary Wetlands Integration Plan April 1997 Prepared by: City of Everett Department of Planning and Community Development Paul Roberts, Director Project Team City of Everett Department of Planning and Community Development Stephen Stanley, Project Manager Roland Behee, Geographic Information System Analyst Becky Herbig, Wildlife Biologist Dave Koenig, Manager, Long Range Planning and Community Development Bob Landles, Manager, Land Use Planning Jan Meston, Plan Production Washington State Department of Ecology Tom Hruby, Wetland Ecologist Rick Huey, Environmental Scientist Joanne Polayes-Wien, Environmental Scientist Gail Colburn, Environmental Scientist Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 Duane Karna, Fisheries Biologist Linda Storm, Environmental Protection Specialist Funded by EPA Grant Agreement No. G9400112 Between the Washington State Department of Ecology and the City of Everett EPA Grant Agreement No. 05/94/PSEPA Between Department of Ecology and Puget Sound Water Quality Authority Cover Photo: South Spencer Island - Joanne Polayes Wien Acknowledgments The development of the Snohomish Estuary Wetland Integration Plan would not have been possible without an unusual level of support and cooperation between resource agencies and local governments. Due to the foresight of many individuals, this process became a partnership in which jurisdictional politics were set aside so that true land use planning based on the ecosystem rather than political boundaries could take place. We are grateful to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Ecology (DOE) and Puget Sound Water Quality Authority for funding this planning effort, and to Linda Storm of the EPA and Lynn Beaton (formerly of DOE) for their guidance and encouragement during the grant application process and development of the Wetland Integration Plan. -
Tide Times, by Timothy Cooper & Laura Bissell
Performance review: Tide Times, by Timothy Cooper & Laura Bissell GREGOR FORBES The Scottish Journal of Performance Volume 6, Issue 1; July 2019 ISSN: 2054-1953 (Print) / ISSN: 2054-1961 (Online) Publication details: http://www.scottishjournalofperformance.org To cite this article: Forbes, G., 2019. Performance review: Tide Times, by Timothy Cooper & Laura Bissell. Scottish Journal of Performance, 6(1): pp.91–95. To link to this article: http://doi.org/10.14439/sjop.2019.0601.07 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for details. Forbes.(2019) DOI: 10.14439/sjop.2019.0601.07 Performance review: Tide Times, by Laura Bissell and Timothy Cooper GREGOR FORBES DOI: 10.14439/sjop.2019.0601.07 Publication date: 14 July 2019 Between April and August 2018, writer Laura Bissell and electroacoustic composer Timothy Cooper made five visits to Cramond Island as the basis for their multi-disciplinary site-responsive installation Tide Times. Cramond Island is a small tidal island located in the Firth of Forth, just north of Edinburgh on the East Coast of Scotland, accessible by foot across a stone causeway which is left uncovered at low tide and is flanked on one side by an imposing line of concrete anti-boat pylons. The island is less than half a mile long yet packs a rich variety of geographical features: sandy beaches, rocky beaches, hills, cliffs, a wooded area, and a smattering of derelict buildings. Cramond itself is a popular recreational destination and in summer this locale is at its best: a quiet cacophony of bicycle bells, chatting voices, laughing children, seagulls, gusts of wind, the jingle of an ice- cream van. -
Shanghai Coastal Erosion and Siltation and Its Influence on Deepwater Channel Project
[Type text] ISSN : [Type0974 -text] 7435 Volume[Type 10 Issue text] 8 2014 BioTechnology An Indian Journal FULL PAPER BTAIJ, 10(8), 2014 [2388-2394] Shanghai coastal erosion and siltation and its influence on deepwater channel project Liu Qi-xia1*, Zou Xin1, Yuan Shu-Min2 1Civil Engineering and Architecture College, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, (CHINA) 2Shanghai Institute Geological Engineering Exploration, Shanghai, (CHINA) E-mail : [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] ABSTRACT The seaward sediments from Yangtze River triggered frequent and variable erosion and siltation of natural coast under conditions of the complex estuary geomorphology and hydrodynamic force, which brought negative influence on great coastal projects and became the main type of ecological disasters in the Shanghai area. This article together with results from monitoring data of sediment transport in the area of Yangtze River estuary analyzed its impact on deepwater channel project in Yangtze River Estuary, providing references for daily maintenance and safety operation of project. KEYWORDS Waterway engineering; Deep water channel; Coastal erosion and siltation. © Trade Science Inc. BTAIJ, 10(8) 2014 Liu Qi-xia et al. 2389 INTRODUCTION Nearing river and sea, Shanghai has superior geographical position, providing a good basis for development of economy and the reasonable layout of city. Due to the position of the confluence of two golden waterways Shanghai plays a key role in China national economy. With the establishment of economic, financial, trade and ship centers, construction of a wide range of seacoast engineering projects had vital function and made a positive contribution to the formation and development of coastal economic circle. -
Deng Xiaoping on "Two Whatevers"
Vol. 26, No. 33 August 15, 1983 EIJIN A CHINESE WEEKLY OF EW NEWS AND VIEWS Deng Xiaoping on "Two Whatevers" Military Leader's Works Published Beijing Plans Urban Development Interestingly, when many mem- don't mean that there isn't room bers read the article which I for improvement. LETTERS brought to one of our sessions, a Alejandreo Torrejon M. desire was expressed to explore Sucre, Bolivia Retirement the possibility of visiting China for the very purpose of sharing Once again, I write to commend our ideas with people in China. Documents you for a most interesting and, to We are in the midst of doing just People like us who follow the me, a most meaningful article that. Thus, your magazine has developments in China only by dealing with retirees ("When borne some unexpected fruit. reading your articles cannot know Leaders or Professionals Retire," if the Sixth Five-Year Plan issue No. 19). It is a credit to Louis P. Schwartz ("Documents," issue No. 21) is ap- your social approach that yQu are New York, USA plicable just by glancing over it. examining the role of profes- However, it is still a good article sionals, administrators and gov- with reference value for people ernmental leaders with an eye to Chinese-Type Modernization who want to observe and follow what they can expect when they China's developments. I plan to leave the ranks of direct workin~ The series of articles on Chi- read it over again carefully and people and enter the ranks of "re- nese-Type Modernization and deepen my understanding. -
Shanghai's Dongtan Eco-City and Chongming Eco-Island
China’s Eco-cities as Variegated Urban Sustainability: Dongtan Eco-city and Chongming Eco-island I-Chun Catherine Chang* [email protected] Department of Geography, 515 Social Science Building University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA Eric S. Sheppard [email protected] Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles 1255 Bunche Hall, Box 951524, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA [Draft, please do not cite or circulate without the authors’ permission] Prepared for the Journal of Urban Technology, Special Issue on Pan-Asian Eco-cities * Corresponding author. Abstract Proliferating environmental sustainability policy frameworks suggest that sustainability and economic competitiveness are essentially interdependent and mutually enhancing. Under these policy discourses, cities are designated as strategic geographical locales for fulfilling the green capitalist goal of reconciling the contradictions between environment and development that long have bedeviled capitalism. While most urban sustainability agendas are crafted based on the experience of post-industrial countries, the promise of green capitalism and sustainability faces different challenges where industrial production still dominates the economy. However, research on whether and how urban sustainability policies are geographically variegated is still sparse, particularly beyond western (post)industrial capitalism. Examining the Dongtan eco-city project and associated Chongming eco-island project in Shanghai, we interrogate how sustainability is imagined and practiced on the ground within the distinctive Chinese context. The meanings of sustainability in Dongtan and Chongming reflect the context of Chinese urbanization in the Shanghai area. Both Dongtan and Chongming seek to develop green technologies as a way to resolve the dilemma of being caught between urbanization and agriculture. -
A Comparative Study of the Flux and Fate of the Mississippi and Yangtze River Sediments
312 Sediment Dynamics from the Summit to the Sea (Proceedings of a symposium held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 11–14 December 2014) (IAHS Publ. 367, 2014). A comparative study of the flux and fate of the Mississippi and Yangtze river sediments KEHUI XU1,2 & S.L. YANG3 1 Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA [email protected] 2 Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA 3 State Key Lab of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062 China, Abstract Large rivers play a key role in delivering water and sediment into the global oceans. Large-river deltas and associated coastlines are important interfaces for material fluxes that have a global impact on marine processes. In this study, we compare water and sediment discharge from Mississippi and Yangtze rivers by assessing: (1) temporal variation under varying climatic and anthropogenic impacts, (2) delta response of the declining sediment discharge, and (3) deltaic lobe switching and Holocene sediment dispersal patterns on the adjacent continental shelves. Dam constructions have decreased both rivers’ sediment discharge significantly, leading to shoreline retreat along the coast. The sediment dispersal of the river-dominated Mississippi Delta is localized but for the tide-dominated Yangtze Delta is more diffuse and influenced by longshore currents. Sediment declines and relative sea level rises have led to coastal erosion, endangering the coasts of both rivers. Key words Mississippi River; Yangtze River; water discharge; sediment transport; dam construction INTRODUCTION Large rivers play a key role in delivering water and sediment to oceans (Milliman & Meade, 1983; Milliman & Syvitski, 1992; Milliman & Farnsworth, 2011). -
The PLA General Staff Department Third Department Second Bureau: an Organizational Overview of Unit 61398|
The PLA General Staff Department Third Department Second Bureau An Organizational Overview of Unit 61398 Mark A. Stokes July 27, 2015 |The PLA General Staff Department Third Department Second Bureau: An Organizational Overview of Unit 61398| About the Author MARK A. STOKES is the executive director of the Project 2049 Institute. A 20 year U.S. Air Force veteran, Mark has served in a variety of military and private sector positions. He began his career as a signals intelligence officer with assignments in the Philippines and West Berlin, Germany. After graduate school and Chinese language training, Mark was assigned as assistant air attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and subsequently as an operations planning officer on the Air Staff. Between 1997 and 2004, he served as team chief and senior country director for the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Mongolia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. After retiring from military service in the rank of lieutenant colonel, he worked in the private sector on Taiwan. Mark joined Project 2049 in 2008. He holds a BA from Texas A&M University and graduate degrees in international relations and Asian studies from Boston University and the Naval Postgraduate School. He has working proficiency in Mandarin Chinese. Acknowledgements The author wishes to thank Ken Allen, John Costello, The Leaker and friends, and others for insights, comments, and/or suggestions. All errors are the responsibility of the author alone. Cover image source: Wikimedia Commons About the Project 2049 Institute The Project 2049 Institute seeks to guide decision makers toward a more secure Asia by the century’s mid-point. -
Design of a Sustainable City in China Chongming Island, China
DESIGN OF A SUSTAINABLE CITY IN CHINA CHONGMING ISLAND, CHINA TABLE OF CONTENTS THE CHALLENGE 2 TEACHING HOSPITAL 32 CITY PLANNING IN CHINA 3 RESEARCH UNIVERSITY 33 SITE ANALYSIS 4 OPEN SPACE 34 CULTURE 12 POWER GENERATION 36 THE CREATIVE CLASS 14 WASTE MANAGEMENT 40 TRANSIT 15 CREDITS 44 THE URBAN VILLAGE 18 PEARL CITY 19 CITY PROGRAM 20 HOUSING 24 BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL 28 DOWNTOWN 30 CONVENTION CENTER 31 1 DESIGN OF A SUSTAINABLE CITY IN CHINA CHONGMING ISLAND, CHINA The Challenge: Design A Sustainable City for 200,000 for Chongming Island The challenge to the IPRO team was to design a city China consumes three times as much energy per for the westerly portion of Chongming Island that would dollar of gross domestic product (GDP) as the world av- be sustainable, economically viable and compatible erage, and twice the average for all developing coun- with those parts of the Island that are to be maintained tries. China’s per capita energy consumption has grown in their natural state or for continued agricultural uses. from less than 18 million Btu in 1980 to about 31 million Btu in 1996. It is projected to reach 58 million Btu by 2015. The Vision: A Sustainable High Tech City for Chongming A consequence of China’s rapid economic growth has Island been severe environmental pollution, including acid rain, thick smog, toxic waste, water pollution, and carbon Chongming Island is the largest alluvial island in emissions. China accounts for about 13% of world car- the world, situated between the mouth of the Yang- bon emissions, ranking second behind the United States. -
The Development of Key Characteristics of Welsh Island Cultural Identity and Sustainable Tourism in Wales
SCIENTIFIC CULTURE, Vol. 3, No 1, (2017), pp. 23-39 Copyright © 2017 SC Open Access. Printed in Greece. All Rights Reserved. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.192842 THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF WELSH ISLAND CULTURAL IDENTITY AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN WALES Brychan Thomas, Simon Thomas and Lisa Powell Business School, University of South Wales Received: 24/10/2016 Accepted: 20/12/2016 Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT This paper considers the development of key characteristics of Welsh island culture and sustainable tourism in Wales. In recent years tourism has become a significant industry within the Principality of Wales and has been influenced by changing conditions and the need to attract visitors from the global market. To enable an analysis of the importance of Welsh island culture a number of research methods have been used, including consideration of secondary data, to assess the development of tourism, a case study analysis of a sample of Welsh islands, and an investigation of cultural tourism. The research has been undertaken in three distinct stages. The first stage assessed tourism in Wales and the role of cultural tourism and the islands off Wales. It draws primarily on existing research and secondary data sources. The second stage considered the role of Welsh island culture taking into consideration six case study islands (three with current populations and three mainly unpopulated) and their physical characteristics, cultural aspects and tourism. The third stage examined the nature and importance of island culture in terms of sustainable tourism in Wales. This has involved both internal (island) and external (national and international) influences. -
The Status of Coastal Birds on Uzi Island
SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad SIT Digital Collections Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection SIT Study Abroad Spring 2014 The tS atus of Coastal Birds on Uzi Island: A Coastal Survey of Birds and Their nI teractions with Fishermen and Seaweed Farmers Anna Curtis-Heald SIT Study Abroad Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection Part of the Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Commons, and the Natural Resources and Conservation Commons Recommended Citation Curtis-Heald, Anna, "The tS atus of Coastal Birds on Uzi Island: A Coastal Survey of Birds and Their nI teractions with Fishermen and Seaweed Farmers" (2014). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1788. https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1788 This Unpublished Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the SIT Study Abroad at SIT Digital Collections. It has been accepted for inclusion in Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection by an authorized administrator of SIT Digital Collections. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Status of Coastal Birds on Uzi Island A coastal survey of birds and their interactions with fishermen and seaweed farmers Anna Curtis-Heald Connecticut College Advisors: Alawi Hija & Aliy Abdurahim Aliy SIT Zanzibar: Coastal Ecology and Natural Resource Management Academic Director: Nat Quansah Spring 2014 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgements…………………………………………3 Abstract……………………………………………………..4 Introduction…………………………………………………5 Study Area…………………………………………....……. .8 Methodology…………………………………………….....12 Results……………………………………………………...15 Discussion………………………………………………….25 Conclusion………………………………………………....33 Recommendations………………………………………….34 References………………………………………………….36 Appendixes…………………………………………………39 3 Acknowledgements I would like to thank Dr. Nat for leading us through this experience and for his words of wisdom. Thank you to Said for guiding me, making us feel at home, and always smiling. -
Tourism in the People's Republic of China: Policies and Economic Development
Universidade de Aveiro Secção Autónoma de Ciências Sociais, Jurídicas e 2001 Políticas Zélia Maria de Jesus Turismo na República Popular da China: Políticas e Breda Desenvolvimento Económico Universidade de Aveiro Secção Autónoma de Ciências Sociais, Jurídicas e 2001 Políticas Zélia Maria de Jesus Turismo na República Popular da China: Políticas e Breda Desenvolvimento Económico Dissertação apresentada à Universidade de Aveiro para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Estudos Chineses, realizada sob a orientação científica do Professor Robert Franklin Dernberger, Professor Emeritus de Economia da Universidade de Michigan e Professor Catedrático Visitante da Universidade de Aveiro i O Júri Presidente Professor Doutor Manuel Carlos Serrano Pinto Professor Catedrático da Universidade de Aveiro Vogais Professor Doutor Jacques Louis DeLisle Professor Catedrático da Universidade da Pensilvânia, EUA Professor Doutor Carlos Manuel Martins Costa Professor Auxiliar da Universidade de Aveiro Professor Doutor Robert Franklin Dernberger Professor Catedrático visitante da Universidade de Aveiro ii Acknowledgements The present study was not possible to accomplish without the collaboration of several entities and persons, to whom I would like to address my deep thanks in virtue of their support and incentive to this work. To Professor Robert Dernberger, University of Aveiro, who supervised this thesis, patiently read it and offered suggestions and commentaries for its improvement, as well as always showed a supportive