Exploration of Ecological Footprint in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabian Developed Waterfronts: The Case of King Abdullah Seafront Park (KASP) – Dammam

Q2 Environmental Science

Open Ecology Journal Pub Date : 2018-11-09 DOI:10.2174/1874213001811010075

A. Al-Sulbi

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Sustainable development identifies the requirements for the environmental enhancements while preserving a balance among environmental factors. Sustainable integrated systems reinforced or promoted the persistence of the structural and operational components into the natural component.The study aims to apply a modified ecological footprint model to assess how much the ecosystem functions were affected by the development of urban waterfronts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.A modified ecological footprint model has been applied to assess the outcomes obtained from the ecosystem functions of urban waterfronts.The study revealed alteration or embedment of natural processes in all developed urban waterfronts; leading to loss of biodiversity, diminishment of site productivity, and increase of hidden costs regarding maintenance and replacement. It has positive performance in biodiversity enrichment, continuous productivity, maintenance and enhancement of natural physical and biological processes.The sustainable designs for urban waterfronts should aiming for the enhancement of natural processes for the productivity of coastal areas.

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沙特阿拉伯发达海滨王国生态足迹探索:以阿卜杜拉国王海滨公园(KASP)为例-达曼

可持续发展确定了加强环境的要求，同时保持环境因素之间的平衡。可持续综合系统加强或促进了结构和业务组成部分融入自然组成部分的持久性。该研究旨在应用一个修正的生态足迹模型来评估沙特阿拉伯王国城市滨水区开发对生态系统功能的影响程度。一个修正生态足迹模型已用于评估从城市滨水区生态系统功能中获得的结果。该研究揭示了所有发达城市滨水区的自然过程的改变或嵌入；导致生物多样性的丧失、场地生产力的降低以及维护和更换方面的隐性成本的增加。它在丰富生物多样性、持续生产力、维持和增强自然物理和生物过程方面有着积极的表现。城市海滨的可持续设计应旨在提高沿海地区生产力的自然过程。

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期刊介绍： The Open Ecology Journal is an open access online journal which embraces the trans-disciplinary nature of ecology, seeking to publish original research articles, reviews, letters and guest edited single topic issues representing important scientific progress from all areas of ecology and its linkages to other fields. The journal also focuses on the basic principles of the natural environment and its conservation. Contributions may be based on any taxa, natural or artificial environments, biodiversity, spatial scales, temporal scales, and methods that advance this multi-faceted and dynamic science. The Open Ecology Journal also considers empirical and theoretical studies that promote the construction of a broadly applicable conceptual framework or that present rigorous tests or novel applications of ecological theory.