This original volume draws on the author's own research experiences in Ireland, Britain, France, Canada, and the United States to present a guide of coastal environments for applications of shoreline and environmental management. Topics include: long-term development of coasts, water supply and waste disposal, energy resources and coastal water management, coastal water management for recreation, coastal management of storm hazards, and managing world sea-level rise.
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"The definitive current work for all who are interested in the physical and biological resources of coastlines, their exploitation and management."
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Few of us have never visited the coast. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
zeta bays, shoreline wave energy, coastal zone management programmes, coastal land reclamation, tidal litter, ebb delta, nearshore bars, marsh sedimentation, longshore variations, coastal cells, beach ecosystems, coastal scientists, litter lines, tidal passes, reflective beaches, swash bars, shoaling waves, spilling waves, incident wave energy, sediment populations, artificial dunes, coast erosion, beach filling, tidal curve, longshore transport Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Isles, North Sea, Northern Ireland, Bay of Fundy, Wadden Sea, North America, Bristol Channel, Great Lakes, Miami Beach, Bruun Rule, New York, Chesil Beach, Lough Neagh, Nova Scotia, Cape Cod, Coast Protection Act, Gulf of Mexico, Hong Kong, Middle Ages, National Trust, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, Van Dorn, Barnegat Inlet, Bay of Bengal New!
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Few of us have never visited the coast. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
zeta bays, shoreline wave energy, coastal zone management programmes, coastal land reclamation, tidal litter, ebb delta, nearshore bars, marsh sedimentation, longshore variations, coastal cells, beach ecosystems, coastal scientists, litter lines, tidal passes, reflective beaches, swash bars, shoaling waves, spilling waves, incident wave energy, sediment populations, artificial dunes, coast erosion, beach filling, tidal curve, longshore transport Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Isles, North Sea, Northern Ireland, Bay of Fundy, Wadden Sea, North America, Bristol Channel, Great Lakes, Miami Beach, Bruun Rule, New York, Chesil Beach, Lough Neagh, Nova Scotia, Cape Cod, Coast Protection Act, Gulf of Mexico, Hong Kong, Middle Ages, National Trust, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, Van Dorn, Barnegat Inlet, Bay of Bengal New!
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- Ecological Processes in Coastal Environments (Symposium of the British Ecological Society) by Richard Jefferies on 5 pages
- Environmental Appraisal of Tidal Power Stations: With Particular Reference to the Severn Barrage by T.L. Shaw on 5 pages
- Ocean Dumping and Marine Pollution: Geological Aspects of Waste Disposal by Harold D. Palmer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Sea Surface Studies : A Global View by R. J. Devoy in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Physical Oceanography of Coastal and Shelf Seas (Elsevier Oceanography Series) by B. Johns in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Geomorphological Processes and Landscape Change: Britain In The Last 1000 Years (RGS-IBG Book Series) by David Higgitt in Front Matter, page 57, and page 184
- Economic Losses From Marine Pollution A Handbook for Assessment by Douglas D. Ofiara on page 102, and page 108
- Geomorphology and Natural Hazards (Binghamton Symposia in Geomorphology International Series) by M. Morisawa on page 15
- The Nature of the Outer Banks: Environmental Processes, Field Sites, and Development Issues, Corolla to Ocracoke by Dirk Frankenberg in Back Matter
- Coastal Systems (Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environmental Science) by Simon Haslett in Back Matter
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