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The editorial from the "Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering" introduces a double issue featuring papers from the ICE Coasts, Maritime Structures, and Breakwaters conference in 2023, along with additional submissions. The conference focused on sharing ideas and experiences within the sector, with papers covering innovative projects in marinas, breakwaters, flood risk assessment, and habitat protection. The editorial highlights the importance of rigorous research and unit reporting in the field, and concludes with a name change for the journal to "Maritime Engineering" in 2025. [Extracted from the article]

Based on the comparison of zircon ages with source terranes, they inferred that the likely source for Cenozoic zircon grains was the Eastern Alkaline Province of Mexico, which comprises various volcanic fields of Cenozoic age. Armstrong-Altrin et al. (2021) reported the detrital zircon grain surface features, chemistry, and U-Pb ages in the Chachalacas beach sediments, Gulf of Mexico. Armstrong-Altrin et al. (2020) discussed the U-Pb ages of detrital zircon grains, which we reported from the Chachalacas beach in the western Gulf of Mexico. [Extracted from the article]

Aims: A public beach was frequently cited for health advisories because of high Escherichia coli levels, the source suspected to be a paper mill located upstream. This investigation sought to confirm whether or not the paper mill was the pollution source, and to characterize the risk to recreational bathers imposed by the source. Methods and Results: Quantification of E. coli in river water collected at incremental distances showed that paper mill effluent caused elevated E. coli levels in beach samples. Samples collected throughout the mill were variably positive for heterotrophic bacteria, total coliforms and E. coli, but negative for pathogenic E. coli O157 and Salmonella. Escherichia coli O157 or Salmonella spiked into mill samples (4·2 log10 or 5·6 log10 CFU per 100 ml, respectively) fell below detection levels within 14–24 h in raw (unaltered) samples, while in heat-sterilized replicates, the counts remained at initial levels or increased over 36 h. Conclusions: Pathogenic E. coli O157 and Salmonella were not isolated from paper mill samples. The absence of native bacteria allowed the survival of pathogens, while their presence accelerated pathogen decline. Significance and Impact of the Study: The co-existence of paper mill and swimming beach may be reasonable for now in spite of the limitations of an E. coli-based assay for beach water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bibliometric analysis is an instrument used to quantify scientific production on a given topic. This type of analysis can be applied to show trends in an area of study. This review aims to examine how scientific production on ecosystem services, coastal zones, and ports is being carried out, identifying trends and gaps. The guiding questions of the work focused on the growth of production, the ports as focal points, the ecosystems studied, the methodologies used, and which ecosystem services were the focus of discussion. Searches on catalog platforms were made to determine how many articles would be considered for analysis, and after filtering, 91 articles were examined. The main results show that the years 2014 and 2018 were the peak of publications; the United States of America is the country that presented most publications with 19 papers; ports appear in just over 20% of the analyzed works, and beaches and marine environments, such as the continental shelf and slopes, are focus of discussion. More than 50 ecosystem services were found in the analysis, with “food” and “recreational values” being the most studied services. With the decade of the oceans, there is a tendency for the growth of scientific production, maintaining the relevance of the themes, particularly when studied together.

Abstract González-Acebrón et al. (2016) attributed the coastal deposits of Torre Bermeja-La Barrosa area (Cádiz, SW Spain) to the Early Pleistocene (1.3 Ma). They also considered that an extremely high-energy event, such as a tsunami, affected the basal deposits of the sequence. In this paper, both the chronological attribution and the stratigraphic-sedimentary model are discussed. Previous information shows that Sequence 1 is late Pliocene-lowermost Early Pleistocene based on biostratigraphic, magnetostratigraphic, and regional-scale stratigraphic correlation. In addition, stratigraphic, facies, and sedimentary analyses indicate that sediments attributed to Sequence 1 were formed due to south-easternward longshore currents reworking wave- and tidal-dominated coarse-grained delta sediments deposited further to the north. Highlights • Coarse-grained deposits cropping out at La Barrosa (Cádiz, SW Spain) are late Pliocene-lowermost Early Pleistocene in age. • They were formed in coastal settings related to longshore currents reworking of wave- and tide-dominated delta deposits • The age assignment and the sedimentary interpretation challenge results recently published by González-Acebrón et al. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Orthodox Jewry in Hungary received the trends to modernity with reservations. It subjected the phenomena trickling into the urbanising, modernising communities to strong community control. Nevertheless, it adopted many customs of the bourgeois and later the mass society. A special example of this alternative integration is the question of the Orthodox kosher adaptation of mass catering and the cult of the body. This involved keeping pace with new industrial technologies, creating a market for kosher food industry products, community supervision and the provision of food to suit the changed way of life of urban Orthodox Jewry. The cult of the body provides an example of mass culture that was to be incorporated or excluded: while children's holidays and holidays were a religiously re-interpreted phenomenon, fashion in clothing and mixed-sex open-air bathing were to be sanctioned. Behind this lay the sub-ordination of natural science to religion and the suppression by the community of modernity affecting religious life. Through the example of Orthodox Jewry in Hungary we can observe an alternative strategy for dealing with the emergence of mass society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The socioeconomics of the Anthropocene is exposing coastal regions to multiple pressures, including climate change hazards, resource degradation, urban development and inequality. Tourism is often raised as either a panacea to, or exacerbator of, such threats to ecosystems and sustainable livelihoods. To better understand the impacts of tourism on coastal areas, Scopus and Web of Science databases were searched for the top 100 cited papers on coastal tourism. Web of Science suggested 'highly cited' papers were also included to allow for more recent high-impact papers. Of the papers retrieved, 44 focused on the impacts of tourism. Social/cultural and environmental impacts were viewed as mostly negative, while economic impacts were viewed as mostly positive but only of actual benefit to a few. In addition, when compared with recent whole-of-sector reviews and reports it was evident that coastal tourism is increasingly a global enterprise dominated by large corporations that leverage various interests across local to transnational scales. Through this global enterprise, even the positive economic benefits identified were overshadowed by a broader system of land and property development fuelling local wealth inequity and furthering the interests of offshore beneficiaries. Only two highly cited papers discussed tourism within a broader context of integrated coastal zone management, suggesting that tourism is mostly assessed as a discrete sector within the coastal zone and peripheral to other coastal management considerations or the global tourism sector as a whole. The findings have relevance to the holistic management of coasts, coastal tourism and the achievement of sustainable development goals in a way that considers the increasing threats from coastal hazards, resource extraction and urbanisation, as well as the pervasive impacts of international business systems from local to global scales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dale Barbour explores the evolution of swimming in Toronto from the time the city was a pre-railway colonial community of 30,000 souls in 1850 to its expansion into the Dominion of Canada's second largest municipality by 1935, with a population of 850,000. For the purposes of Dale Barbour's book, the commission's development of better leisure and swimming opportunities at Sunnyside in the city's west end is particularly important. [Extracted from the article]

Introduction: Transboundary pollution is a major global challenge and monitoring beach litter along international borders can reveal some of the pathways by which litter enters water bodies, and hence advance the implementation of measures to prevent pollution emissions into international waters. Methods: In this paper, participatory mapping was used to detect beach litter in Imperial Beach, California, along the U.S.-Mexico international border. This study implemented a 3-step protocol including an introductory awareness workshop, a macro-debris survey to categorize and remove beach litter, and a qualitative assessment of pollution drivers. Results: Results show that plastic litter is the most dominant across all transects (304 debris, 52.6% of all litter observations), with an average density of 76 pieces/transect, with plastic being the most common material. Participants identified some of the major causes of pollution with paucity of waste management facilities, tourism activities near/on the beach, and inflow of pollution across the border. Discussion: The paper highlights the role of citizen science in monitoring pollution along large and border regions. Implications of this study include methodological and practical contributions to the study of marine pollution to supplement the current paucity of information on pollution movement and distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the review of the periodical. It mentions that manuscripts submitted to the American Economic Review (AER) are handled by an editor, several coeditors, and a staff located in Pittsburgh, using an internet-based manuscript management software system. It discusses that papers are assigned on the basis of field of expertise of the coeditor, combined with a variety of other considerations including equalization of workload and conflict-of-interest rules.

Beaches play a pivotal role in supporting the socio-economic sector, particularly within the 'Sun, Sea, and Sand' (3S) tourism model. Valued for their ecosystem services, these coastal landforms are among the most dynamic and vulnerable environments, facing significant pressure from various climate challenges, which is further intensified by extensive anthropic exploitation. Their sustainable use is intrinsically linked to balancing the 3Ps: Planet, People, and Profit. To address the need for protection and sustainable utilization of coastal areas, the European Union has introduced the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in the Mediterranean, specifically recommending in Article 8(2) the establishment of a setback buffer zone where permanent constructions are prohibited. This paper explores the application of risk mapping in the context of coastal setback policies, focusing on their effectiveness in managing beach retreat and adapting to climate change, particularly rising sea levels. The study examines selected beach areas in Peloponnese, Greece, influenced by various socio-economic factors. Through this analysis, the paper aims to contribute to the discourse on coastal management strategies that balance environmental sustainability with socio-economic benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When constructing tunnels in composite strata of soft and hard rock combinations, the disturbance during construction often leads to the collapse and instability of weak strata. Pregrouting is commonly employed in tunnel construction to reinforce the weak surrounding rock, aiming to achieve stable excavation faces. The assessment of excavation face stability and the selection of grouting parameters are crucial for the safe construction of tunnels in composite strata. This paper utilizes the recently proposed discontinuity layout optimization (DLO) method. Taking the tunnel at the Shilaoren Bathing Beach Station in Qingdao as an example, the stability of the excavation face is quantitatively evaluated using a safety factor. Furthermore, the paper explores the influence of the position of the composite stratum boundary, friction angle, cohesive strength, and grouting parameters on the stability of the tunnel excavation face. Simultaneously, the paper fits the grouting parameters and safety factor curves under different geological parameters, aiding construction personnel in choosing reasonable grouting parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various articles on topics including the housing emergency caused by the war in Ukraine, the challenges of business districts' interactions with communities, measuring success and effectiveness of business improvement districts (BIDs).

Drawing on Pellicer I et al. i ([52]), Ninan I et al. i discuss the ad hoc emergence of innovation, reminding us that many construction innovations emanate from "grassroots" situations and experiences (after Winch [68] and Loosemore [41]). Furthermore, like Ninan I et al. i , the authors note the innovating role of companies in the construction supply chain when they say that "companies need to develop and provide competitive wood products to the market". Researchers around the world are exploring changing construction contexts to address local and global challenges (Jansson I et al. i [33], Hall [27], Aitchison [2], Bygballe and Swärd [10], Pan I et al. i [51], Kedir I et al. i [35]), yet the development and application of new theories has been limited (Schweber [59]). That said, we recognise that some of the contributions in this Special Issue acknowledge the role of these firms and their capabilities; for example, Jones I et al. i , and Ninan I et al. i , who conclude that " I supplier firm-level narratives are critical," i but we would argue that it is incumbent on the research community to include supply side testimony much more robustly in future accounts of innovating and transforming. [Extracted from the article]

This paper describes an unusual underwater biological chorus recorded in the Southern California Bight and presents a numerical modeling approach that replicates aspects of the chorus. During one experiment, the evolution of the directionality of the chorusing region over time is suggestive of "The Wave", the human waves performed by fans periodically standing and sitting in sports stadia around the world; here, the region of chorusing periodically propagated upcoast over 20 km of coastline at nearly 1.5 km/s. The chorus occurs predominantly at night in spring and summer, mostly in very shallow waters near the coast. It increases the underwater sound field levels within chorusing regions by 20-30 dB in the 50 Hz to 1 kHz frequency band. The chorus is composed of three parts; 1) a "sunset chorus" which is a 20-to-30 min continuous roar around sunset with received spectral levels up to 100 dB re 1 µPa²/Hz, 2) a "sunrise chorus" of lower level than the sunset chorus, and 3) an all-night-long cycling chorus. The cycling portion is made up of 15-to-20 s periods of higher received spectral levels (up to 90 dB re 1 µPa²/Hz within the chorusing region) each followed by a 10-to-20 s lull in which the spectral levels drop by 4-10 dB. This alternating pattern repeats every 30-40 s throughout the night. The numerical modeling approach is based on the physics of excitable media. A cellular automaton is used to model the two-dimensional spatial grid occupied by the calling animals (units), with each unit being either in the "resting", "excitable", or "active (calling)" state at each time step. Transition from resting to excitable and from active back to resting occurs automatically after a fixed period of time in the present state, whereas the probability of transitioning from excitable to active is determined not only by the elapsed time since entering the excitable state, but also by the received sound level at the unit location, creating a non-linear acoustics-based coupling between units. With appropriate inputs, many determined from measurements of the chorus properties and the individual animal calls themselves, simulations with the model can replicate the cycling levels in the night-long chorus, the continuous din of the sunset chorus, and (once properly initialized) the periodic upcoast evolution of the chorusing region ("The Wave"). When noise from a transiting ship is included in the simulations, the spatiotemporal characteristics of the chorus change appreciably, in ways similar to changes observed during the experiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]