Search for dissertations about: "coasts"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the word coasts.
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1. Colonised Coasts : Aquaculture and Emergy Flows in the World System: Cases from Sri Lanka and the Philippines
Abstract : This thesis conceives aquaculture as a transfer of resources within and between different parts of the world system. It is argued that due to inappropriate human-nature interactions, resources tend to flow from the South to the North, as a process of coastal colonisation. READ MORE
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2. Natural hydrochemical variations in small catchments with thin soil layers and crystalline bedrock : a two-year study of catchments on the East and West coasts of Sweden
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3. Hydrographic and morphologic processes at Falsterbo peninsula - Present conditions and future scenarios
Abstract : Falsterbo Peninsula in the south-west corner of Sweden is low-lying and built up of unconsolidated sand. Vulnerability to high water levels and wave action is of concern for the 10,000 residents of the peninsula, especially in consideration of global warming as enhanced inundation and coastal erosion problems may ensue. READ MORE
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4. Form and Function of Coastal Areas
Abstract : Coastal waters have high biological productivity and provide goods and services with a high monetary value. Coasts are used by many different stakeholders and are often densely populated. READ MORE
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5. Developing geochemical and mineralogical proxies for the correlation of paleotsunami layers
Abstract : The catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 raised urgent questions about the paleotsunami history in the region. Numerous studies have since been conducted to gain better understanding of the magnitude, frequency and impact of past tsunamis, especially around the coasts of the Indian Ocean. READ MORE