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    • Impact of relative sea-level rise on low-lying coastal areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain 

      López-Doriga Sandoval, Uxía; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio (2020-11)
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      Low-lying coastal areas are high-risk areas regarding sea-level rise (SLR) due to the combination of low elevation, subsidence and currently low sediment supply, on the one hand, and their high natural and socio-economic ...

    • Impact of sea-level rise on the tourist-carrying capacity of Catalan beaches 

      López-Doriga Sandoval, Uxía; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Valdemoro Garcia, Herminia; Nicholls, Robert J. (2019-03)
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      Tourism provides about 11% of Catalonia's GDP, with most accommodations placed being associated with the “sun-and-sand” model. Since beaches are the main resource to be exploited, it is important to assess how their future ...

    • Impacts of sea-level rise-induced erosion on the Catalan coast 

      Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Valdemoro Garcia, Herminia; Bosom García, Eva; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín; Nicholls, Robert J. (2017-02)
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      The Catalan coast as most of the developed Mediterranean coastal zone is characterized by the coincidence of stresses and pressures on the natural system with a high exposure and low adaptive capacity. Due to this, climate ...

    • Influence of a drought event on hydrological characteristics of a small estuary on the Amazon mangrove coast 

      Pereira, Luci Cajueiro Carneiro; Costa, Adila K. R.; da Costa, Rauquírio Marinho; Magalhaes, Andre; Flores-Montes, Manuel J.; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio (2018-05)
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      The effects of atypical climatic conditions, such as those of a drought event, are remarkably accentuated in minor estuaries filled with sediments and with reduced or sporadic freshwater input, where the salinity intrusion ...

    • Investigació + enginyeria per a una zona costanera més sostenible 

      Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín; Espino Infantes, Manuel; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Gracia Garcia, Vicente; Mestres Ridge, Marc; Sierra Pedrico, Juan Pablo; Mösso Aranda, César; Gironella Cobos, Xavier (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers de Camins Canals i Ports de Barcelona, 2011-11-16)
      Comunicació de congrés
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      Aquest article presenta tres projectes que han contribuït a desenvolupar noves eines per a millorar el projecte d’estructures i actuacions d’enginyeria civil a la zona costanera. L’objectiu és plantejar com es poden fer ...

    • Linking source with consequences of coastal storm impacts for climate change and risk reduction scenarios for Mediterranean sandy beaches 

      Sanuy Vázquez, Marc; Duo, Enrico; Jager, Wiebke S.; Ciavola, Paolo; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio (2018-07)
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      Integrated risk assessment approaches to support coastal managers' decisions when designing plans are increasingly becoming an urgent need. To enable efficient coastal management, possible present and future scenarios must ...

    • Management of estuarine beaches on the Amazon coast though the application of recreational carrying capacity indices 

      de Sousa, Rosigleyse C.; Pereira, Luci Cajueiro Carneiro; da Costa, Rauquírio Marinho; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio (2017-04)
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      The purpose of this paper is to determine the Recreational Carrying Capacity of three estuarine beaches (Colares, Marudá and Murubira) on the Amazon coast of Brazil, based on the combined assessment of natural conditions ...

    • Management strategy for the Ebro delta in the context of flooding and climate change 

      Galofré, Jordi; Ortiz, Dolores; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Medina, Raul (Permanent International Association Navigation Channels, 2012-05-25)
      Capítol de llibre
      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      The Ebro delta is located on the Spanish Mediterranean coast about 200 km southward of Barcelona. It has an approximate subaerial surface of 325 km2 with about the 50 % lying below the height +0.5 m above MWL. This deltaic ...

    • Modelling barrier beaches under storms with XBEACH: The case of the Trabucador bar 

      García León, Manuel; Solé, J.M.; Gracia Garcia, Vicente; Alomar, Marta; Tolosana Delgado, Raimon; Fernández, J.; Pallarès López, Elena; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín (2011)
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    • Morphodynamic studies in sandy Amazonian environments 

      Cajueiro Carneiro Pereira, Luci; Trindade, Wellington N.; do Nascimento, Anderson Thiago; Vila Concejo, Ana; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio (2020-03)
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      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      The present study evaluated the different morphodynamic scenarios that arise under varying tidal and wave conditions on a sandy beach (Ajuruteua) and an exposed tidal flat (Vila dos Pescadores) on the Amazon coast of ...

    • Morphological changes, beach inundation and overwash caused by an extreme storm on a low-lying embayed beach bounded by a dune system (NW Mediterranean) 

      Duran, Ruth; Guillén Aranda, Jorge; Ruiz García, Antonio; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Sagrista, Enric (2016-12)
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      The geomorphological evolution of a low-lying, micro-tidal sandy beach in the western Mediterranean, Pals beach, was characterized using airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data. Data were collected in prior to ...

    • Multihazard coastal vulnerability assessment 

      Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio (International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), 2013)
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      A general framework to assess coastal vulnerability taking into account the functions supported the coast is presented by defining specific coastal optimum and failure states for each function. It considers morphodynamic ...

    • Natural accretion mechanisms: the role in future coastal sustainability 

      Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín; Gracia Garcia, Vicente; García León, Manuel; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Cáceres Rabionet, Iván; Valdemoro Garcia, Herminia (World Scientific Publishing, 2015)
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      Although recent research has focused on erosive processes, natural accretion mechanisms have been known for many years, and they can provide an efficient solution to deal with sediment starved coasts. In this paper we shall ...

    • Natural and human controls of water quality of an Amazon estuary (Caeté-PA, Brazil) 

      Cunha Monteiro Brenardi, Marcela; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Cajueiro Carneiro, Luci (2016-05)
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      Estuarine waters are usually eutrophic due to nutrients input derived from natural and anthropogenic sources. In the Caete Estuary, nutrients and thermotolerant coliforms input is intensified by the absence of a public ...

    • Planform and mobility in the Meaípe-Maimbá embayed beach on the South East coast of Brazil 

      Albino, Jacqueline; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Oliveira, Tiago C.A. (2016-01)
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      The Meaipe-Maimba embayed beach (MMEB) on the south-east coast of Brazil has been subject to anthropogenic pressures since the 70's. In this study we discuss the adequacy and contribution of the parabolic planform model ...

    • Playas agotadas 

      Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio (2011-05)
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      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      Impedimos el aporte de sedimentos y alteramos la dinámica natural costera. ¿Y todavía nos extraña que las playas se hallen en retroceso?

    • Predicción de los cambios en el perfil de playa utilizando parámetros adimensionales sencillos 

      Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín; Valdemoro Garcia, Herminia (1997-02)
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      En este artículo se analiza el comportamiento de una serie de parámetros adimensionales para la predicción de los cambios en el perfil de playa debido al transporte transversal. El análisis se hace tanto desde el punto de ...

    • Probabilistic characterisation of coastal storm-induced risks using Bayesian networks 

      Sanuy Vázquez, Marc; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio (2021-01)
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      A probabilistic estimation of hazards based on the response approach requires assessing large amounts of source characteristics, representing an entire storm climate. In addition, the coast is a dynamic environment, and ...

    • Probabilistic coastal vulnerability assessment to storms at regional scale : application to Catalan beaches (NW Mediterranean) 

      Bosom García, Eva; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio (2011)
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      A methodology to assess storm-induced coastal vulnerability taking into account the different induced processes separately (inundation and erosion) is presented. It is based on a probabilistic approach where hazards time ...

    • Recreational beach management: a case study from the Amazon coast 

      de Sousa-Felix, Rosigleyse Corrêa; Coelho Pessoa, Rubem Manoel; da Costa, Rauquírio Marinho; Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Cajueiro Carneiro Pereira, Luci (2020-03)
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      Coastal tourism is the most important segment of this economic sector, given that a majority of tourists tend to prefer coastal destinations. The sandy beaches of the Brazilian Amazon coast, with their well-preserved ...