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Morphology Analysis of Niger Delta Shoreline and Estuaries for Ecotourism Potential in Nigeria

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The Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone of West and Central Africa

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Estuaries provide numerous goods and services needed for human development and socioeconomic sustenance, housing about 60 % of the world’s population with highly fragile natural endowment of luxuriant diverse ecological types. A beneficial link through long-term biodiversity conservation with local, social, and economic development in estuaries therefore remains a well-planned ecotourism development. Such development is necessary since disturbance of the dynamic ‘steady state’ of estuaries may result in total modification of their morphology or losing entire ecosystems. This study examines the shoreline morphology of the Niger Delta and major estuaries for better understanding of the natural forcing within the estuary systems and their potential for ecotourism development planning and management beyond the twenty-first century.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

    O. Adeaga

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  2. University of Perpignan, Perpignan, France

    Jean-Paul Barusseau

  3. University of Perpignan, Perpignan, France

    Cyr Descamps

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Adeaga, O. (2014). Morphology Analysis of Niger Delta Shoreline and Estuaries for Ecotourism Potential in Nigeria. In: Diop, S., Barusseau, JP., Descamps, C. (eds) The Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone of West and Central Africa. Estuaries of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06388-1_10

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