December 2009

Beach width analyses in beach erosion hazard assessment and management at Bamburi beach, Mombasa, Kenya

  Beach erosion was identified as one of the major coastal problems at Bamburi beach shoreline causing destruction on expensive shoreline developments which threatened the economic and social welfare of the beach-dependent coastal communities. Beach erosion was manifested in beach morphology changes and this study adopted beach profile width change rate as a tool in assessing beach erosion vulnerability and...

Author(s): A. M. Mwakumanya, T. M. Munyao and E. K. Ucakuwun

December 2009

Studying the effects of urban sprawl of metropolis on tourism - climate index oscillation: A case study of Tehran city

  The present research intends to identify the effects of urban sprawl of metropolis on tourism-climate index oscillation. To do this research, two types of data have been used. The first type includes climate data such as minimum monthly temperature average, monthly temperature average, minimum relative humidity rate and monthly relative humidity average, average of wind speed, duration of sunshine and monthly...

Author(s): Gholamreza Roshan, Iman Rousta and Mehdi Ramesh