The environmental costs of coastal urbanization in the Arabian Gulf

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• environmental cost 100%
• urbanization 67%
• gulf 59%
• coastal ecosystem 53%
• coastal development 21%
• ecological community 20%
• policy 19%
• coast 19%
• mudflat 19%
• coastal zone management 18%
• mangrove 16%
• mosaic 15%
• urban development 15%
• coral reef 15%
• fishery 13%
• decision making 12%
• regulation 11%
• food 11%
• habitat 10%
• world 9%
• loss 8%

Social Sciences

• urbanization 76%
• costs 46%
• regulation policy 37%
• industrial development 33%
• economic value 31%
• habitat 30%
• fishery 28%
• urban development 27%
• management 26%
• dollar 26%
• sustainable development 22%
• food 18%
• governance 17%
• leader 17%
• decision making 17%