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Book chapter
Human alteration of the North Yucatan Coast, Mexico
The Coastal Zone: Papers in Honor of H. Jesse Walker, pp.65-80
Geoscience Publications, Department of Geography and Anthropology Louisiana State University
2004
Abstract
The north coast of the Mexican state of Yucatán, centered on the port of Progreso, has been substantially altered by humans over the past century or so. The barrier lagoon complex, naturally fronted by long straight beaches, has been significantly altered by port and harbor improvements and also summer-home construction along the beachfront. As the shoreline has retreated because of both natural and human causes, structures such as groins and seawalls were built to combat this transgression of the sea. Hurricanes and winter storms have accelerated and geographically extended the volume and range of human modification of the shoreline. Today, a 20-km-long coastal reach can no longer be considered “natural.”
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- Title
- Human alteration of the North Yucatan Coast, Mexico
- Publication Details
- The Coastal Zone: Papers in Honor of H. Jesse Walker, pp.65-80
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publisher
- Geoscience Publications, Department of Geography and Anthropology Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA
- Copyright
- 2004, GeoScience Publications
- Identifiers
- 99380090640406600
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English