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- probability, D - expected damage, j - flood zone, and Dj = EdIi * Vij * Sj - C, where dI - potential damages per unit of area, V …
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After 1980's as a result of neo-liberal policies in development strategies of Turkey, coastal areas exposed a massive pressure on its environmental resources. Attractiveness of natural amenities and due to encouragement with regulations for tourism sector development caused population growth and...
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To explain economic impacts of flood damage due to climate change over time in Japan, this study develops a dynamic … spatial computable general equilibrium model, and measures flood damage costs through some numerical experiments. It is … inferred that the frequency and the intensity of flood are on the long-term increase. In the category of flood damage in Japan …
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Coastal areas are commonly defined as the interface or transition areas between land and sea, including large inland lakes. Coastal areas are diverse in function and form, dynamic and do not lend themselves well to definition by strict spatial boundaries. Unlike watersheds, there are no exact...
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The planning and management of territory has undergone profound changes in recent decades, mainly due to the renewed focus on the component of "natural capital", which resulted in frequent legislative measures, including the establishment of new protected areas (both in ground and marine...
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Coastal areas have known from recent decades an increasing attractiveness that puts an important pressure on these specific territories and their resources, and that generates important land uses conflicts (Goetz et al 2007). Such conflicts may appear because of the different services that land...
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In the last decades the world tourist flows rapidly grew and travel and tourism has become one of the world's highest priority industries and employers. According to UNWTO world tourism barometer, in 2008 international tourist arrivals reached 919 million (880 million in 2009, a cause of the...
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