Journal
NATURAL HAZARDS
Volume 56, Issue 3, Pages 563-566Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9686-3
Keywords
Land use change; Human activity; Saltwater intrusion; Natural hazard; Laizhou Gulf of China
Funding
- State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China [2010CB951102]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Coastal areas play an important role in the socioeconomic development of the coastal zones based on the different land uses. These regions are vulnerable to hydrogeological hazards and are seriously affected by coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion in the phreatic aquifer, and sea level rise, which are worsened by human action, thereby increasing the risk of land degradation in the coastal regions. Saltwater intrusion in the Laizhou Gulf located in northern part of Shandong Province of China was the main natural hazard. Manmade interventions and actions (i.e., exploitation of aquifers without adequate knowledge of the hydrology setting and an adequate management program) worsen this natural hazard. Irrational human activity induces environmental hazard to the overall coastal areas.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available