Climate change and Morocco Mediterranean coast

Le suivant est "ce que les politiciens et les businessmen corrompus ne veulent pas entendre et admettre".

The following is "what the politicians and the corrupt businessmen do not want to hear and admit".

Anfuso G. & Nachite D. 2011. Climate change and the Mediterranean southern coasts. In: Jones A.L. & Phillips M. (editors): Disappearing destinations: climate change and future challenges for coastal tourism. CABI, Oxford. 

Cet article/chapitre représente le résumé de la recherche de ces deux chercheurs (Giorgio Anfuso, Universidad de Cadiz et Driss Nachite, Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Tétouan) sur les côtes marocaines et surtout celles de la région de Tétouan.

Je vous présente ici quelques passages extraits de GoogleBooks :

Sea Level Rise trend in the Mediterreanean littoral of Morocco

Cazenave et al. (2001) investigated sea level changes in the Mediterranean Sea in the 1993-1999 period through data obtained by the Topex/Ppseidon space mission, which provided absolute measurements of sea level variations. Authors observed that the Mediterranean Sea has been rising since early 1993. In details, according to Cazenave et al. (2001), within the western Mediterranean, sea level in increasing 5-10mm/year in the Alboran Sea, i.e. south-east Spain and north-east Morocco Mediterranean littoral areas, which was confirmed by the gauge data at Malaga and Alicante.

Coastal erosion and flooding hazards

The impact of climate change will acquire a great importance on littoral areas because of coastal erosion and flooding processes, which be emphasized by sea level rise, especially considering that almost all Morocco Mediterranean beaches are recording important erosion processes (Nachite, 2009a) and area heavily urbanized (Fig. 8.2). In the 1958-2003 period, the littoral of Tétouan recorded coastal retreat rates of 2m/year (Anfuso et al., 2007, Nachite, 2009b), and lost about 3,900,000m² of beach surface (Niazi, 2007); it presents a great vulnerability to coastal flooding (Benavente et al., 2007).

References cited just in this short text extracts: 

Anfuso G., Martinez del Pozo A., Nachite D., Benavente J. & Macias A., 2007. Morphological characteristics and medium-term evolution of the beaches between Ceuta and Cabo Negro (Morocco). Environmental Geology 52: 933-946.

Benavente J., Bello E., Infuso G., Nachite D. & Macias A. 2007. Sobre elevación debida a temporales y cambios producidos en las playas del litoral NE Marroquí. Rev. C. & G. 21: 13-25. PDF

Cazenave A., Cabanes C., Dominh K. & Mangiarotti S. 2001. Recent sea level change in the Mediterranean Sea revealed by Topex/Poseidon satellite altimetry. Geophysical Research Letters 28: 1607-1610.

Nachite D. (2009a). Diagnostic environnemental – PAC Rif central du Maroc, activité GIZC, PAP/CAR, January 2009, 74pp

Nachite D. 2009b. Le développement touristique du littoral de la Région Tanger-Tétouan: une évolution vers des scénarios non désirables? In: Dominguez Bella S. & Maate A. (eds). Geologia y geoturismo en la orilla sur del estrecho de Gibraltar. MCN-UCA Cadiz, 59-78.

Niazi S. (2007). Evaluation des impacts des changements climatiques et de l'élévation du niveau de la mer sur le littoral de Tétouan (Méditerranée occidentale du Maroc): Vulnérabilité et Adaptation. Doctorat es-sciences, Université Mohammed V- Agdal, Rabat. 296 pp. PDF

Superficies inondables avec des niveaux de submersion de 5 m et 10 m du littoral de Tétouan, en réponse à la future élévation du niveau de la mer. (Intellectual property of Dr. Saida Niazi)

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