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Coastal Modification
Our coastlines provide important resources for people and wildlife. Coasts serve as centers for urbanization, recreation, and industry. The infrastructure required for these activities have created major modifications of coastal environments.For example, ports provide valuable benefits in terms of consumer goods, building materials, and jobs. However, in addition to being significant sources of air pollution, water pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions, the construction and operation of ports can also degrade the places that migratory birds use to feed and rest. By carefully planning the development of coastal areas we can ensure that they are resilient to rising sea level and provide benefits to people and wildlife.

Data Source(s)
  • Maritime Safety Office, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2019. Maritime Safety Information - World Port Index. Pub. 150. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, VA. Available from https://msi.nga.mil/Publications/WPI.
  • Venter O et al. 2016. Global terrestrial human footprint maps for 1993 and 2009. Scientific Data 3:160067.
  • Venter O et al. 2018. Last of the Wild Project, Version 3 (LWP-3): 2009 Human Footprint, 2018 Release. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, Palisades, NY. Available from https://doi.org/10.7927/H46T0JQ4.
  • Wessel P, Smith WHF. 2017. Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG). Version 2.3.7. University of Hawai’i, NOAA Geosciences Lab. Available from https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pwessel/gshhg/.
Processing
We mapped the current footprint of coastal modification as a binary surface by identifying 3-km cells where there were ports (Maritime Safety Office 2019) or a high human footprint (values 25-50 on a scale from 0-50; Venter et al. 2016) within 6-km of the coast, including the Great Lakes (Wessel and Smith 2017).

Most Relevant IUCN - CMP Unified Direct Threat Classification
1.2.1. Port development
1.3.1. Resort development
7.3.1. Dredging
7.4.1. Modification of natural coastal processes


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Coastal Modification
Our coastlines provide important resources for people and wildlife. Coasts serve as centers for urbanization, recreation, and industry. The infrastructure required for these activities have created major modifications of coastal environments.For example, ports provide valuable benefits in terms of consumer goods, building materials, and jobs. However, in addition to being significant sources of air pollution, water pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions, the construction and operation of ports can also degrade the places that migratory birds use to feed and rest. By carefully planning the development of coastal areas we can ensure that they are resilient to rising sea level and provide benefits to people and wildlife.

Data Source(s)
  • Maritime Safety Office, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2019. Maritime Safety Information - World Port Index. Pub. 150. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, VA. Available from https://msi.nga.mil/Publications/WPI.
  • Venter O et al. 2016. Global terrestrial human footprint maps for 1993 and 2009. Scientific Data 3:160067.
  • Venter O et al. 2018. Last of the Wild Project, Version 3 (LWP-3): 2009 Human Footprint, 2018 Release. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, Palisades, NY. Available from https://doi.org/10.7927/H46T0JQ4.
  • Wessel P, Smith WHF. 2017. Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG). Version 2.3.7. University of Hawai’i, NOAA Geosciences Lab. Available from https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pwessel/gshhg/.
Processing
We mapped the current footprint of coastal modification as a binary surface by identifying 3-km cells where there were ports (Maritime Safety Office 2019) or a high human footprint (values 25-50 on a scale from 0-50; Venter et al. 2016) within 6-km of the coast, including the Great Lakes (Wessel and Smith 2017).

Most Relevant IUCN - CMP Unified Direct Threat Classification
1.2.1. Port development
1.3.1. Resort development
7.3.1. Dredging
7.4.1. Modification of natural coastal processes


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