Ranasinghe W M R J B Ranasinghe

TL;DR: In this article, a review aims to promote the adoption of best practice in local scale assessments of potential physical impacts of climate change on open sandy coasts by summarising the potential first order physical impacts, suggesting a standard modelling framework for local scale CC impact assessments, identifying future research needs to facilitate the effective implementation of the prescribed modelling framework, and suggesting ways to address the identified research needs.

TL;DR: In this paper, a general overview of coastal evolution in the Bight of Benin and the physical processes that control this evolution is provided. But, little is known of the environmental drivers, notably the wave climate, that governs longshore sediment transport and the ensuing pattern of shoreline evolution of this coastal zone.

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed numerical modelling study was conducted to examine the model skill and the processes governing the initial morphological response of the Sand Engine and the adjacent coastline. But neither the skill of current state-of-the-art models for such predictions nor the primary drivers that control the evolution are known.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review on the valuation of coastal ecosystem services (CES), which systematically describes fundamental concepts, analyzes reported applications, and addresses the issue of climate change impacts on the monetary value of CES.

TL;DR: In this article, empirical statistical downscaling methods are classified based on calibration strategies [bias correction (BC) and change factor (CF)] and statistical transformations (mean based, variance based, quantile mapping and quantile correcting and transfer function methods).