Land change in the mission-aransas coastal region, texas: Implications for coastal vulnerability and protected areas

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4247-4267

  Güneralp, Burak ^a   Güneralp, Inci ^a   Castillo, Cesar R ^a   Filippi, Anthony M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal hazards; Conservation; Development; Estuary; Land change; National estuarine research reserve; NERR; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DRAINAGE BASIN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MARINE PARK; NATURAL HAZARD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROTECTED AREA; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

MISSION-ARANSAS NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESERVE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887133217     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5104247     Document Type: Article

References (82)

1. Turner, B.L., II; Lambin, E.F.; Reenberg, A. Land change science special feature: The emergence of land change science for global environmental change and sustainability. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2007, 104, 20666-20671.
2. Foley, J.A.; DeFries, R.; Asner, G.P.; Barford, C.; Bonan, G.; Carpenter, S.R.; Chapin, F.S.; Coe, M.T.; Daily, G.C.; Gibbs, H.K.; et al. Global consequences of land use. Science 2005, 309, 570-574.
3. Webster, I.T.; Harris, G.P. Anthropogenic impacts on the ecosystems of coastal lagoons: Modelling fundamental biogeochemical processes and management implications. Mar. Freshwater Res. 2004, 55, 67-78.
4. Parfitt, R.L.; Scott, N.A.; Ross, D.J.; Salt, G.J.; Tate, K.R. Land-use change effects on soil C and N transformations in soils of high N status: Comparisons under indigenous forest, pasture and pine plantation. Biogeochemistry 2003, 66, 203-221.
5. Verchot, L.V.; Davidson, E.A.; Cattânio, J.H.; Ackerman, I.L.; Erickson, H.E.; Keller, M. Land use change and biogeochemical controls of nitrogen oxide emissions from soils in eastern Amazonia. Global Biogeochem. Cy. 1999, 13, 31-46.
6. Seto, K.C.; Fragkias, M.; Güneralp, B.; Reilly, M.K. A meta-analysis of global urban land expansion. PLoS ONE 2011, 6, e23777.
7. Plate, E.J. Flood risk and flood management. J. Hydrol. 2002, 267, 2-11.
8. Qi, S.Z.; Qiu, Q.L. Environmental hazard from saltwater intrusion in the Laizhou Gulf, Shandong Province of China. Nat. Hazards 2011, 56, 563-566.
9. Kaushal, S.S.; Groffman, P.M.; Band, L.E.; Shields, C.A.; Morgan, R.P.; Palmer, M.A.; Belt, K.T.; Swan, C.M.; Findlay, S.E.G.; Fisher, G.T. Interaction between urbanization and climate variability amplifies watershed nitrate export in Maryland. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 5872-5878.
10. Wang, Z.; Zhang, B.; Zhang, S.; Li, X.; Liu, D.; Song, K.; Li, J.; Li, F.; Duan, H. Changes of land use and of ecosystem service values in Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China. Environ. Monit. Assess. 2006, 112, 69-91.
11. Zilberbrand, M.; Rosenthal, E.; Shachnai, E. Impact of urbanization on hydrochemical evolution of groundwater and on unsaturated-zone gas composition in the coastal city of Tel Aviv, Israel. J. Contam. Hydrol. 2001, 50, 175-208.
12. Yang, D.W.; Kanae, S.; Oki, T.; Koike, T.; Musiake, K. Global potential soil erosion with reference to land use and climate changes. Hydrol. Process. 2003, 17, 2913-2928.
13. Ward, P.J.; van Balen, R.T.; Verstraeten, G.; Renssen, H.; Vandenberghe, J. The impact of land use and climate change on late Holocene and future suspended sediment yield of the Meuse catchment. Geomorphology 2009, 103, 389-400.
14. Etter, A.; McAlpine, C.A.; Seabrook, L.; Wilson, K.A. Incorporating temporality and biophysical vulnerability to quantify the human spatial footprint on ecosystems. Biol. Conserv. 2011, 144, 1585-1594.
15. Harding, J.S.; Benfield, E.F.; Bolstad, P.V.; Helfman, G.S.; Jones Iii, E.B.D. Stream biodiversity: The ghost of land use past. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1998, 95, 14843-14847.
16. Colgan, C.S. The Value of Estuary Regions in the U.S. Economy. In The Economic and Market Value of Coasts and Estuaries: What's At Stake? Pendleton, L.H., Ed.; Restore America's Estuaries: Arlington, VA, USA, 2009; pp. 37-64.
17. Leeworthy, V.R.; Wiley, P.C. Current Participation Patterns in Marine Recreation; US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service: Silver Spring, MD, USA, 2001; p. 47.
18. Ji, J.H.; Chang, N.B. Risk assessment for optimal freshwater inflow in response to sustainability indicators in semi-arid coastal bay. Stoch. Env. Res. Risk A. 2005, 19, 111-124.
19. Merem, E.C.; Yerramilli, S.; Twumasi, Y.A.; Wesley, J.M.; Robinson, B.; Richardson, C. The applications of GIS in the analysis of the impacts of human activities on South Texas Watersheds. Int. J. Env. Res. Public Health 2011, 8, 2418-2446.
20. Yáñez-Arancibia, A.; Day, J.W. Environmental sub-regions in the Gulf of Mexico coastal zone: the ecosystem approach as an integrated management tool. Ocean Coast. Manage. 2004, 47, 727-757.
21. Dahl, T.E. Wetlands losses in the United States 1780's to 1980's; U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service: Washington, DC, USA, 1990; p. 13.
22. Yáñez-Arancibia, A.; Day, J.W.; Reyes, E. Understanding the Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management Approach in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Coast. Res. 2013, Special Issue 63, 244-262.
23. Tietje, W.D.; Teer, J.G. Winter Feeding Ecology of Northern Shovelers on Freshwater and Saline Wetlands in South Texas. J. Wildl. Manage. 1996, 60, 843-855.
24. Buzan, D. Biodiversity in Texas' Waters: Many Diverse Aquatic Ecosystems Support a Vibrant Fishery. Tex. Water Resour. 1997, 23, 1-12.
25. Montagna, P.A.; Brenner, J.; Gibeaut, J.; Morehead, S. Coastal Impacts. In The Impact of Global Warming on Texas, 2nd ed.; Schmandt, J., North, G.R., Clarkson, J., Eds.; University of Texas Press: Austin, TX, USA, 2011; pp. 96-123.
26. IPCC. Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation; A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, New York, NY, USA, 2012; p. 582.
27. Evans, A.; Madden, K.; Palmer, S.M. The Ecology and Sociology of the Mission-Aransas Estuary: An Estuarine and Watershed Profile; University of Texas Marine Science Institute: Port Aransas, TX, USA, 2012; p. 183.
28. Evans, A. Water Quality. In The Ecology and Sociology of the Mission-Aransas Estuary: An Estuarine and Watershed Profile; Evans, A., Madden, K., Palmer, S.M., Eds.; University of Texas Marine Science Institute: Port Aransas, TX, USA, 2012; pp. 33-45.
29. NERRS. Mission-Aransas, TX. Available online: http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/Reserve.aspx? ResID=MAR (accessed on 7 July 2013).
30. NERRS. National Estuarine Research Reserve System: Overview. Available online: http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/BGDefault.aspx?ID=61 (accessed on 14 July 2013).
31. NERRS. National Estuarine Research Reserve System: Strategic Plan 2005-2010; NOAA, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration: Silver Spring, MD, USA, 2006; p. 13.
32. Schoenbaechler, C.; Guthrie, C.G. Coastal Hydrology for the Mission-Aransas Estuary. Available online: http://www.twdb.texas.gov/surfacewater/bays/major_estuaries/mission_aransas/doc/TWDB_ Hydrology_MissionAransas_20110222.pdf (accessed on 16 July 2013).
33. Morehead, S.; Beyer, T.G.; Dunton, K. Community Characterization of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve and Surrounding Areas; University of Texas at Austin - Marine Science Institute: Port Aransas, TX, USA, 2007.
34. Palmer, S.M.; Rose, C. Human Dimension. In The Ecology and Sociology of the Mission-Aransas Estuary: An Estuarine and Watershed Profile; Evans, A., Madden, K., Palmer, S.M., Eds.; University of Texas Marine Science Institute: Port Aransas, TX, USA, 2012; pp. 151-169.
35. Atkinson, J.; McKee Smith, J.; Bender, C. Sea-Level Rise Effects on Storm Surge and Nearshore Waves on the Texas Coast: Influence of Landscape and Storm Characteristics. J. Waterway, Port, Costal, Ocean Eng. 2013, 139, 98-117.
36. Zervas, C. Sea Level Variations of the United States 1854-2006; NOAA, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration: Silver Spring, MD, USA, 2009; p. 66.
37. NOAA. Current Rates of Sea-Level Rise. Available online: http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ sltrends/sltrends.shtml (accessed on 17 June 2013).
38. Cook, C.; Palmer, S.M. Endangered Species. In The Ecology and Sociology of the Mission-Aransas Estuary: An Estuarine and Watershed Profile; Evans, A., Madden, K., Palmer, S.M., Eds.; University of Texas Marine Science Institute: Port Aransas, TX, USA, 2012; pp. 141-150.
39. Mills, K.; Kennish, M.J.; Moore, K.A. Research and Monitoring Components of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. J. Coast. Res. 2008, Special Issue 55, 1-8.
40. Digital Coast. Coastal Change Analysis Program Regional Land Cover. Available online: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/ccapregional/ (accessed on 27 May 2013).
41. USGS. Earth Explorer. Available online: http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on 23 September 2012).
42. TNRIS. Maps & Data. Available online: http://www.tnris.org/get-data (accessed on 1 October 2012).
43. WDPA Annual Release. Available online: http://www.wdpa.org/ (accessed on 21 October 2012).
44. Anderson, J.R.; Hardy, E.E.; Roach, J.T.; Witmer, R.E. A Land Use and Land Cover Classification System for Use with Remote Sensor Data; United States Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, USA, 1976; p. 41.
45. Neitsch, S.L.; Arnold, J.G.; Kiniry, J.R.; Williams, J.R. Soil and Water Assessment Tool, Theoretical Documentation, Version 2009; Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory - Agricultural Research Service, Blackland Research Center - Texas AgriLife Research: Temple, TX, USA, 2011; p. 618.
46. Castillo, C.R. Modeling Impacts of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change and Variable Precipitation on Hydrology and Water Quality of a Coastal Watershed in Texas; Texas A&M University: College Station, TX, USA, 2013.
47. ITT Visual Information Solutions. Atmospheric Correction Module: QUAC and FLAASH User's Guide; ITT: Boulder, CO, USA, 2009; p. 44.
48. Jensen, J.R. Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective; Pearson Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA, 2005; p. 526.
49. Rouse, J.W.; Haas, R.H.; Schell, J.A.; Deering, D.W. Monitoring Vegetation Systems in the Great Plains with ERTS. In Proceedings of the Third ERTS-1 Symposium NASA SP-351, Greenbelt, USA, 10-14 December 1973; Freden, S.C., Mercanti, E.P., Becker, M.A., Eds.; NASA: Greenbelt, MD, USA, 1974; pp. 309-317.
50. McFeeters, S.K. The use of the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) in the delineation of open water features. Int. J. Remote Sens. 1996, 17, 1425-1432.
51. Congalton, R.G.; Green, K. Assessing the Accuracy of Remotely Sensed Data: Principles and Practices; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2009.
52. Pontius,R.G., Jr.; Millones, M. Death to Kappa: Birth of quantity disagreement and allocation disagreement for accuracy assessment. Int. J. Remote Sens. 2011, 32, 4407-4429.
53. McGranahan, G.; Balk, D.; Anderson, B. The rising tide: assessing the risks of climate change and human settlements in low elevation coastal zones. Environ. Urban. 2007, 19, 17-37.
54. Small, C.; Nicholls, R. A global analysis of human settlement in coastal zones. J. Coast. Res. 2003, 19, 584-599.
55. Dudley, N. Guidelines for Applying Protected Areas Management Categories; International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): Gland, Switzerland, 2008; p. 86.
56. Hansen, A.J.; DeFries, R. Ecological mechanisms linking protected areas to surrounding lands. Ecol. Appl. 2007, 17, 974-988.
57. DeFries, R.; Hansen, A.; Turner, B.L.; Reid, R.; Liu, J. Land use change around protected areas: Management to balance human needs and ecological function. Ecol. Appl. 2007, 17, 1031-1038.
58. USCB. American Fact Finder. Available online: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/ pages/index.xhtml (accessed on 7 April 2013).
59. Anderson, J.B. Formation and Future of the Upper Texas Coast; Texas A&M Press: College Station, TX, USA, 2007; p. 163.
60. Williams, S.J. Sea-Level Rise Implications for Coastal Regions. J. Coast. Res. 2013, 184-196.
61. Emanuel, K. Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years. Nature 2005, 436, 686-688.
62. Smith, T.; Thomsen, D.; Gould, S.; Schmitt, K.; Schlegel, B. Cumulative Pressures on Sustainable Livelihoods: Coastal Adaptation in the Mekong Delta. Sustainability 2013, 5, 228-241.
63. Akanda, A.S.; Hossain, F. The climate-water-health nexus in emerging megacities. Eos Trans. AGU 2012, 93, 353-354.
64. Nicholls, R.J. Planning for the impacts of sea level rise. Oceanography 2011, 24, 144-157.
65. Syvitski, J.P.M.; Kettner, A.J.; Overeem, I.; Hutton, E.W.H.; Hannon, M.T.; Brakenridge, G.R.; Day, J.; Vorosmarty, C.; Saito, Y.; Giosan, L.; et al. Sinking deltas due to human activities. Nat. Geosci. 2009, 2, 681-686.
66. Ravens, T.M.; Thomas, R.C.; Roberts, K.A.; Santschi, P.H. Causes of salt marsh erosion in Galveston Bay, Texas. J. Coast. Res. 2009, 25, 265-272.
67. Chin, A. Urban transformation of river landscapes in a global context. Geomorphology 2006, 79, 460-487.
68. Güneralp, B.; Seto, K.C. Futures of global urban expansion: uncertainties and implications for biodiversity conservation. Environ. Res. Lett. 2013, 8, 014025.
69. Dawson, R.J.; Ball, T.; Werritty, J.; Werritty, A.; Hall, J.W.; Roche, N. Assessing the effectiveness of non-structural flood management measures in the Thames Estuary under conditions of socio-economic and environmental change. Global Environ. Change 2011, 21, 628-646.
70. Storch, H.; Downes, N.K. A scenario-based approach to assess Ho Chi Minh City's urban development strategies against the impact of climate change. Cities 2011, 28, 517-526.
71. De Moel, H.; Aerts, J.C.J.H.; Koomen, E. Development of flood exposure in the Netherlands during the 20th and 21st century. Global Environ. Change 2011, 21, 620-627.
72. Carter, L.J. Galveston Bay: test case of an estuary in crisis. Science 1970, 167, 1102-1108.
73. Martinich, J.; Neumann, J.; Ludwig, L.; Jantarasami, L. Risks of sea level rise to disadvantaged communities in the United States. Mitig. Adapt. Strat. Gl. 2013, 18, 169-185.
74. Alexander, R.B.; Smith, R.A.; Schwarz, G.E.; Boyer, E.W.; Nolan, J.V.; Brakebill, J.W. Differences in phosphorus and nitrogen delivery to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 822-830.
75. Carpenter, S.R.; Caraco, N.F.; Correll, D.L.; Howarth, R.W.; Sharpley, A.N.; Smith, V.H. Nonpoint pollution of surface waters with phosphorus and nitrogen. Ecol. Appl. 1998, 8, 559-568.
76. Meyer, J.L.; Paul, M.J.; Taulbee, W.K. Stream ecosystem function in urbanizing landscapes. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 2005, 24, 602-612.
77. McKenna, K.K. Texas Coastwide Erosion Response Plan: 2009 Update; Texas General Land Office: Austin, TX, USA, 2009; p. 86.
78. Dolan, G.; Wallace, D.J. Policy and management hazards along the Upper Texas coast. Ocean Coast. Manage. 2012, 59, 77-82.
79. TGLO. Coastal Texas 2020: Executive Summary; Texas General Land Office: Austin, TX, USA, 2005; p. 17.
80. Madden, K.; Morehead, S. Mission-Aransas NERR Ecosystem Based Management Tool Demonstration Project: An Integrated Approach to Land Use Planning in Aransas County; University of Texas Marine Science Institute: Port Aransas, TX, USA, 2011; p. 37.
81. McLaughlin, R.J. Rolling easements as a response to sea level rise in coastal Texas: Current status of the law after Severance v. Patterson. J. Land Use Envtl. L. 2011, 26, 365-394.
82. Crist, P.; Madden, K.; Varley, I.; Eslinger, D.; Walker, D.; Anderson, A.; Morehead, S.; Dunton, K. Integrated Land-Sea Planning: Technical Guide to the Integrated Land-Sea Planning Toolkit. Available online: www.ebmtools.org (accessed on 12 August 2013).