Journal article
Megacities and Large Urban Agglomerations in the Coastal Zone: Interactions Between Atmosphere, Land, and Marine Ecosystems
Ambio, Vol.42(1), pp.13-28
02/2013
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-012-0343-9
PMCID: PMC3547459
PMID: 23076973
Abstract
Megacities are not only important drivers for socio-economic development but also sources of environmental challenges. Many megacities and large urban agglomerations are located in the coastal zone where land, atmosphere, and ocean meet, posing multiple environmental challenges which we consider here. The atmospheric flow around megacities is complicated by urban heat island effects and topographic flows and sea breezes and influences air pollution and human health. The outflow of polluted air over the ocean perturbs biogeochemical processes. Contaminant inputs can damage downstream coastal zone ecosystem function and resources including fisheries, induce harmful algal blooms and feedback to the atmosphere via marine emissions. The scale of influence of megacities in the coastal zone is hundreds to thousands of kilometers in the atmosphere and tens to hundreds of kilometers in the ocean. We list research needs to further our understanding of coastal megacities with the ultimate aim to improve their environmental management.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Megacities and Large Urban Agglomerations in the Coastal Zone: Interactions Between Atmosphere, Land, and Marine Ecosystems
- Creators
- Roland von Glasow - University of East AngliaTim Jickells - University of East AngliaAlexander Baklanov - Danish Meteorological InstituteGregory Carmichael - University of IowaTom Church - University of DelawareLaura Gallardo - University of ChileClaire Hughes - University of YorkMaria Kanakidou - University of CretePeter Liss - University of East AngliaLaurence Mee - Scottish Association For Marine ScienceRobin Raine - National University of IrelandPurvaja Ramachandran - Anna University, ChennaiR Ramesh - Anna University, ChennaiKyrre Sundseth - NILUUrumu Tsunogai - Nagoya UniversityMitsuo Uematsu - The University of TokyoTong Zhu - Peking University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Ambio, Vol.42(1), pp.13-28
- DOI
- 10.1007/s13280-012-0343-9
- PMID
- 23076973
- PMCID
- PMC3547459
- NLM abbreviation
- Ambio
- ISSN
- 0044-7447
- eISSN
- 1654-7209
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2013
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Nursing; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984185466902771
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