{"title":"Potential socio-economic impacts of ground movements in the coastal municipalities of Spain: Insights from the supra-regional implementation of the European Ground Motion Service","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107452","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107452","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study assesses the vulnerability of the Spanish coastline—a major global tourism destination—to ground movements, providing for the first time initial estimates of the potential socio-economic impact of this phenomenon in this highly strategic territory. Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data from the European Ground Motion Service (EGMS), an InSAR-based service developed under the Copernicus initiative, we evaluated the coastline's exposure to natural and human-induced ground movements, and their potential impacts on the road network, buildings, and population. Utilizing a suite of post-processing tools including ADAfinder, we identified a series of Active Deformation Areas (ADAs) and classified them based on their prevailing movement (vertical or horizontal) and displacement rate. As a result, a dataset consisting of 9010 ADAs spread across Spain's 805 coastal municipalities was generated, with 1916 ADAs affecting roadways and 2596 affecting buildings. Most ADAs exhibited predominant vertical movement, primarily associated with land subsidence, although ADAs exhibiting horizontal movement, mainly linked to landslides, were also significant. The majority of ADAs showed moderate to low displacement rates (<25 mm/yr). We calculated a potential economic impact (in 2021€ values) of €19,428.4 million, with €1716.4 million attributed to the road network and €17,712.0 million to buildings. Additionally, we identified a total of 134,236 people potentially vulnerable to these processes. Results highlight both a higher exposure of Spain's Mediterranean coast compared to the Atlantic coast and a higher exposure of the Canary archipelago compared to the Balearic Islands—with the most vulnerable regions being Andalusia and Region of Murcia. This research underscores the potential of the EGMS for conducting both preliminary population exposure analyses and preventive risk assessments to mitigate road and building damage.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54698,"journal":{"name":"Ocean & Coastal Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142555665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resilience patterns in the analysis of social-ecological networks of small-scale fishing in a subtropical estuarine system","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107460","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107460","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Network analysis concepts and tools are being increasingly applied to Social-ecological systems (SES) in human-environment and sustainability sciences. In this study, we used the Gao metric (βeff) to measure the resilience of networks in small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex (PEC). The purpose was to evaluate the variations and trends in network resilience across eight hydrological sectors of the PEC during different seasons. Our analysis revealed that the βeff metric varied significantly across the eight SES sectors, suggesting that resilience is not uniformly distributed. Notably, the sectors located internally the estuary exhibited lower resilience values than the others. The average trophic level of the fishery catches was the higher hierarchical position variable that most affected the network topological metrics, followed by variables magnitude of conflicts, water and sediment quality, and rainfall. Our hydrodynamic sectorization, reflecting ecological and social interactions, enabled us to identify distinct interaction networks within the PEC. This shows the complexity of managing these SES to ensure the sustainability and resilience of the system. While other variables and spatial and temporal scales could lead to different estimates and relationships, our findings shed light on the importance of resilience quantification and the interaction networks within SES to manage them effectively.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54698,"journal":{"name":"Ocean & Coastal Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142555655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social climate resilience: Evidence from a traditional surf clam fishery community in Chile","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107435","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107435","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Regulatory frameworks and management systems are key determining the resilience of small-scale fishing communities to climate change, as they can either enhance or hinder the ability of fishers to sustain their livelihoods and well-being. In Chile, the fishing sector holds significant economic and social importance. The management of specific resources has evolved with the introduction of territorial user rights, which have overlapped with existing traditional and customary fishing communities. Caleta San Pedro (CSP) is one of those traditional communities with a rich legacy dating back to the mid-1800s that since 1997, has operated under a spatial property rights system (AMERB) granted to a neighboring community who hold the official property rights. In this study, we focused on understanding the extent to which property rights, operating alongside customary rules at CSP, can confer social climate resilience. Through the application of face-to face semi-structured questionnaires to 48 fishers, we investigated a range of social factors that are theoretically linked to foster climate resilience in fishing communities (i.e., fisher mobility, resource stewardship). Fishers’ responses were categorized in 23 indicators that relate to the different resilience factors, both at the individual (fisher) and the collective (CSP guild) levels. Our study reveals some mismatches in resilience indicators between the individual and collective scales partly due to differing capacities within the embedded regulatory system (e.g. long-term stewardship is high for the individual fishers however lower at the collective scale). However, our findings also illustrate the potential of the system to promote resilience by involving fishers more extensively in decision-making processes, addressing existing inequalities, and implementing adaptive management strategies. Results can shed some light on how resilience may be fostered in similar customary fishing communities embedded in property rights systems elsewhere.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54698,"journal":{"name":"Ocean & Coastal Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142538495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The human dimensions of harmful algal blooms: An evolving research agenda","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107432","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107432","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a global phenomenon occurring in a range of aquatic environments, with the potential to have diverse environmental, social and economic impacts. There is growing interest in the human dimensions of HABs particularly as a result of the increased occurrence of HABs linked to anthropogenic activities. However, to date this has focused more on the economic and health implications of HABs events rather than broader human dimensions. This paper presents a series of research priorities that could strengthen social science research on HABs, highlighting topics related to public awareness and attitudes, community science, governance and co-development of solutions, links to the blue economy agenda, impacts on marine culture and heritage, and impacts on health and wellbeing. Finally, the paper presents a series of recommendations developing a transdisciplinary research agenda in order for the ongoing challenges of HABs to be addressed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54698,"journal":{"name":"Ocean & Coastal Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drivers of adoption for integrated mangrove aquaculture: Its application for extensive smallholder shrimp farmers in Bangladesh","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107425","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107425","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Integrated Mangrove Aquaculture (IMA) has the potential to simultaneously address the challenges of environmental degradation arising from conventional shrimp production, the expected impacts of climate change, and the growing global demand for shrimp. These challenges affect coastal livelihoods in Satkhira and Khulna districts of Bangladesh. However, IMA adoption in coastal Bangladesh so far remains low. This study explores the factors that influence IMA adoption by extensive smallholder shrimp farmers in Bangladesh using a questionnaire-based survey of 128 farmers. We identified potential drivers of adoption by combining exploratory data analysis and a logit regression analysis. Key findings were that lack of adoption appeared to be mainly attributed to a lack of awareness of IMA (65% of non-adopters were not aware of the existence of IMA), as well as a lack of trust in own required management skills and technical know-how. On the other hand, positive evaluation of IMA benefits and its main use as a risk mitigating strategy were the main enablers. The logit regression analysis indicated that perceived suitability of the pond to integrate IMA and availability of technical assistance were the factors most important to adoption, explaining respectively 30% and 26% of adoption. To enhance adoption of IMA and reduce the need for new pond excavation in mangrove stands, tailored technical training and social learning opportunities are required to increase awareness of IMA and its potential benefits, as well as for effective IMA management. Additionally, the development of new market opportunities for novel mangrove products is vital to foster incentives for adoption. Further work is needed on how to maximize the potential of IMA by thorough study of its various implementation options.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54698,"journal":{"name":"Ocean & Coastal Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142529978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peer-to-peer exchanges on island resilience planning for transformative adaptation to climate hazards","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107453","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107453","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Peer-to-peer exchange across sectors or regions can promote transparency and social learning, and enhance the scalability and transferability of research outputs and outcomes. From 2021 to 2023, the Pacific Research on Island Solutions for Adaptation (Pacific RISA) climate adaptation research program facilitated four such exchanges designed to inform the County of Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, in the development of a county-wide Climate Adaptation Plan. Through these exchanges, Pacific RISA worked as a boundary organization with dozens of representatives from various departments and agencies in Hawaiʻi and nationally to identify practical adaptation solutions. Exchange outcomes included new Sea Level Rise Constraint District legislation that made Kauaʻi one of the first municipalities in the United States to regulate construction based on future sea level rise impacts; a deeper understanding of statewide frameworks related to adaptation and managed retreat; and the use of peer exchanges as a model for transparent and inclusive community engagement and communication. High-level leadership and strong science-based risk-assessment were identified as critical for planning and legislative success. Taken together, this peer-to-peer exchange process has helped foster transformational adaptation to meet the rapidly growing needs of communities in Hawaiʻi that are experiencing the impacts of climate change, and led to accelerated policy implementation scaling across seemingly disparate regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54698,"journal":{"name":"Ocean & Coastal Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing marine aquaculture by assessing its contribution to ecosystem services provision: The case of Mediterranean mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107456","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107456","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Assessing the ecosystem services (ESs) provided by marine aquaculture is a promising approach to support policymakers in planning and management processes. Among the different types of marine aquaculture, mussel farming holds the potential to address the dual challenges of delivering food security and providing multiple ESs, emerging as a sustainable human activity and animal protein production. This paper employed a Total Economic Value (TEV) approach to quantify four ESs that were expected to be influenced by Mediterranean mussel, <em>Mytilus galloprovincialis</em>, aquaculture in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea), including (i) food provision, (ii) carbon sequestration, (iii) nutrient removal, and (iv) local identity. The findings provided valuable data regarding the multifunctionality of mussel aquaculture in providing non-commodity outputs, supporting policy recommendations. Specifically, the results revealed that mussel aquaculture enhances the flow of regulating services, thus demonstrating the overall sustainability of the practices. Local identity emerged as the greatest contributor to the TEV, due to the activity's longstanding tradition in the study area. Economic values per unit of the assessed ESs were provided for implementation in real-world scenarios at the policy level, enabling the transferability of the study's results in a broader international context. The study advocated for integrating the estimated ESs values into decision-making tools and during marine spatial planning processes to operationalize economic valuations. Overall, the findings can be framed within ongoing research efforts aimed at developing innovative methodologies to support the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture (EAA) and to inform decision-making in the context of marine spatial planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54698,"journal":{"name":"Ocean & Coastal Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Independent operation or coordinated integration? Enhancing the system resilience of ports in dealing with congestion based on a bilateral bargaining game","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107437","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107437","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fierce competition between ports may trigger substantial issues including port congestion, further wreaking havoc on the system resilience of ports. The coordinated integration of ports becomes a feasible and indispensable strategy for mitigating competitive pressure and enhancing the system resilience. In a two-tier supply chain within trade activities between two adjacent ports, we discuss the competitive and cooperative strategy selections between ports by a bilateral bargaining game to investigate how to improve the system resilience of ports in coping with congestion. The results reveal that port cooperation has the advantage of improving throughput and the system resilience of ports by alleviating port congestion, but becomes more challenging as the advantageous port's bargaining power and competitive intensity increase. Although under the pressure of high freight rates, shipping companies are still willing to actively participate in and promote the coordinated integration of ports for a premium service provided by ports. From the overall shipping supply chain, port cooperation optimizes the entire operation of port system and promotes profits from the high system resilience, demonstrating a better environmental performance by dealing with congestion. In light of the conclusions, it is essential to vigorously establish a port-port alliance through coordinated contracts to tackle congestion and enhance resilience, thereby boosting competitiveness and ensuring profitability in the whole system of ports.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54698,"journal":{"name":"Ocean & Coastal Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of contemporary climate adaptation policies in Ireland and their application to the coastal zone","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107404","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107404","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Global climate change presents a range of impacts on Ireland's economy and society with particular challenges facing coastal areas. The need to adapt to these risks is considered both urgent and essential and the policy framework has evolved to meet these challenges with the adoption of climate action legislation and a National Adaptation Framework (NAF) to facilitate the transition to a climate-resilient economy and society by 2050. This paper briefly reviews the European and Irish government policy context for sectoral climate adaptation before reviewing and classifying the sectoral policy measures introduced to reduce vulnerabilities to climate change impacts. While the analysis reveals that progress has been made by adopting climate action legislation and by developing a suite of climate action focussed plans, it also demonstrates that the policy measures included in the Sectoral Adaptation Plans to reduce climate change vulnerabilities are limited in number and lacking in effectiveness. Furthermore, their application to cross-cutting themes, exemplified by the coast, is inadequate to deal with the practical climate change issues. These findings indicate that Ireland is at a preliminary stage when assessed according to the EU adaptation preparedness scorecard.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54698,"journal":{"name":"Ocean & Coastal Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A fuzzy bayesian quantitative risk assessment for language and communication induced accidents in maritime operations","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107449","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107449","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Language and communication issues pose a formidable risk to maritime safety. In maritime transportation, the effectiveness of speech acts and closed-loop communication is vulnerable to a wide array of factors. However, literature quantifying the impact of these factors on language and communication-induced accident risk is scarce. To that end, this study conducts a holistic quantitative risk assessment for the language and communication issues induced accidents in maritime transportation. The methodology consists of employing expert judgments, past literature, and accident reports to identify causation factors and a Fuzzy Bayesian approach to risk analysis. Bidirectionally propagated inferential analysis was conducted to determine the impact of factors under consideration in various scenarios. Lack of language proficiency and violations of the roles and regulations of communication were identified as prominent accident causation factors. Simultaneous evidence-setting analysis was conducted to determine the domino effect of the causation factors. A sensitivity analysis was performed to reveal the most critical factors causing language and communication issues induced accident risk. This study unravels the nuanced dynamics of language-related risk in maritime safety. The findings of this study can be used to propose guidelines and policies for effective communication and hence safer maritime operations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54698,"journal":{"name":"Ocean & Coastal Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142529975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}