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The document discusses the effects of coastal development along the Karachi coast in Pakistan. Rapid development in Karachi has resulted in severe coastal erosion, destruction of barrier islands that protected the coastline, and changes to the coastal sediment dynamics. New residential developments along the coast are reclaiming land without consideration for how this impacts coastal processes, such as using beach sand for infill that normally protects from waves. This has altered wave energy dissipation an
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- asif_fof
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- EN