Coasts
The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the sea or ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. Earth has around 620,000 kilometres (390,000 mi) of coastline. Because coasts are constantly changing, a coastline's exact perimeter cannot be determined; this measurement challenge is called the coastline paradox. The term coastal zone is used to refer to a region where interactions of sea and land processes occur. Both the terms coast and coastal are often used to describe a geographic location …
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UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 October 2024 English
Stories Left in Stone explores the lives, histories, and artistic legacies of Cáceres and Extremadura. Author Troy Nahumko has lived in the old town of Cáceres, a UNESCO World Heritage …
“expat scene,” like those you find down on the coasts or on the islands, are probably the English language …
PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 22 September 2024 English
All names, views and claims expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated organizations, …
Pérez-Maqueo, O., Sutton, P. and Landgrave, R. 2007. The coasts of our world: Ecological, economic and social importance … creeks of the north central Gulf of Mexico. Estuar. Coasts 33: 1355–1364. 47. Grizzle, R.E. et al. 2008. Seston … studies, and the value of in situ methods. Estuar. Coasts 31: 1208–1220. 48. Tomlinson, B. et al. 2011. The … and salt marshes on the Georgia coast. Estuar. Coasts 33: 161–169. 82. Roman, J. and McCarthy, J.J. 2010 … aquaculture occurring on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. There are approximately 50 different species of …
Canadian Chamber of Commerce · 17 September 2024 English
Background Prior to the issuance of the Report of the Royal Commission on Taxation more commonly referred to as the Carter Commission in 1966, the unit of taxation in Canada …
https://tc.canada.ca/en/campaigns/protecting-our-coasts-oceans-protection-plan/better-protected-coasta …
EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 11 September 2024 English
Affordable housing is primarily the responsibility of the provincial government, and municipal planners are restricted by the Municipal Government Act, but municipalities still have many tools they can and should …
preserve the dynamic and resilient nature of our coasts to better withstand climate change. While the CPA …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 10 September 2024
In Louis XIV’s New France, colonial authorities attempted to reproduce French regal authority in novel ways, often by performing typical metropolitan political rituals. When these practices were transposed into the …
eventually become Canada, whether on the fishing coasts of Newfoundland in the eighteenth century or in …
EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 4 September 2024 English
4 | ecologyaction.ca Transit and active transportation Municipalities throughout Nova Scotia need to encourage the use of clean transportation and improve the safety, reliability and efficiency of our transportation network. …
preserve the dynamic and resilient nature of our coasts to better withstand climate change. While the CPA …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
Narratives about the disappearance of the Beothuk are entrenched in historical accounts and the popular imagination. Only with the integration of Indigenous perspectives, beginning in the 1920s, was this accepted …
which by all likelihood have abandoned those coasts, the same being so much frequented by Christians: …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 August 2024 English
Braiding together personal, collective, and historical explorations of what it means to “go west,” Half-Light offers deep reflections on the meaning of life, middle age, and climate catastrophe.
those dinosaurs who lived far from the ancient coasts know about the giant tsunamis? Is it arrogant …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
An Accidental History of Canada explores accidents, their causes, consequences, and afterlife, in colonial, Indigenous, and urban contexts, from the 1630s to the 1970s. These investigations make plain that accidents …
Matchim finds that missionaries on the remote coasts of Newfoundland employed the concept of risk to …
ELC: Environmental Law Centre · 3 July 2024 English
RESTORING SHELLFISH HABITAT: In response to our August report on behalf of the Pauquachin Nation to local government regarding the rehabilitation of shellfish habitat on the Saanich Peninsula, North Saanich …
areas: Healthy Watersheds and Airsheds, Resilient Coasts, Sustainable Communities, Climate and Energy Equity …
