The Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Interactions between Urban Expansion and Tidal Flat Dynamics: A Case Study of Three Highly Urbanized Coastal Counties in the Southeastern United States
Tidal flats are widely recognized as sentinels of coastal environment change, and are also the guardians for beachfront communities. As a result of urban expansion, tidal flats have increasingly received environmental pressures and the surrounding ecosystem has been functionally downgraded. However,...
Main Authors: | Chao Xu, Weibo Liu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-04-01
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Series: | Earth |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4834/3/2/33 |
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