Talk:Land loss

Change to Redirect ??
This article might be changed so it redirects to coastal erosion. Paul H. (talk) 17:23, 16 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Looks like land loss and coastal erosion are not synonymous in that coastal erosion is a specific type of land loss. Paul H. (talk) 20:38, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Additional Comments on Notability
While text for land loss is being prepared, some interm notes on notability for it are:
 * 1 Land loss is a major problem in the majority of the delta plains of the word, including the Danube, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Indus, Mahanadi, Mangoky, McKenzie, Mississippi, Niger, Nile, Shatt el Arab, Volga, Huang He [Yellow], Yukon, Yellow], Yukon, and Zambezi deltas. For a 14 year period, the combined land loss for these deltas was a total of 15,845 km2 of wetlands have been irreversibly lost. During this period, the average land loss is 95 km2.
 * 2 At current rates of land loss in the Mississippi River Delta, nearly 640,000 more acres will be under water by 2050 because of land loss. This is an area almost the size of Rhode Island.
 * 3 Land loss destroys marsh and other wetlands that are fishing and seafood-harvesting grounds; habitats of countless diverse animals; nurseries for shrimp and other seafood; the home for coastal populations; and the territory of diverse and unique cultures.

Some preliminary refrences are:

Burley, David, 2006. Land Loss: Attachment, Place and Identity in Coastal Louisiana. unpublished Phd dissertation, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Coleman, J.M., Huh, O.K. and Braud Jr, D., 2008. Wetland loss in world deltas. Journal of Coastal Research, 24(sp1), pp. 1-14.

Darcy Wilkins, nd. Wetlands, Land Loss Processes, and Sea Level Rise in Louisiana. Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Schmitt, R.J.P., Rubin, Z. and Kondolf, G.M., 2017. Losing ground-scenarios of land loss as consequence of shifting sediment budgets in the Mekong Delta. Geomorphology, 294, pp. 58-69. Paul H. (talk) 13:53, 17 August 2018 (UTC)