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This chapter studies the counteractive dynamic marine and river environments responsible for a river mouth’s and a delta’s modulation. The Acheloos River (West Greece) was chosen as the case study due to the recent changes taken place in its Delta area; the geotechnical constructions and the agricultural planning have altered the basin’s conditions. The aim of this study is to analyze the present dominant environment and the impact of human activity on this balance with the application of modern technological tools; emphasis is placed on the geomorphological along with the land use changes taking place in the three district parts of the Acheloos’ delta within a period of four decades (1960–2000): delta plain, delta front, pro delta. Bibliographic references, geographical and geological maps, aerial and satellite imagery of different seasons and dates, were utilized in addition to extensive fieldwork measurements and mapping. A geographic database was developed and it is continuously updated.
This chapter is a revised version of an article that was published earlier in the Journal of Coastal Conservation 11:209–213 (2007).
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This work is funded by the Greek Ministry of Development and the British Council in the frames of the bilateral Greece – UK project entitled “Study of the environmental alterations at the Acheloos river delta (W. Greece) that are caused by anthropogenic interference with the use of Remote Sensing and GIS methods”, which is gratefully acknowledged by the authors.
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Green, D., Gournelos, T., Vassilopoulos, A., Evelpidou, N. (2010). Study of Human Induced Recent Geomorphological and Land Use Changes of the Acheloos Delta Area in Western Greece Using GIS. In: Green, D. (eds) Coastal and Marine Geospatial Technologies. Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9720-1_31
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