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Coastal Zone Management

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-7277-3516-4
Verlag: ICE Publishing
Erscheinungstermin: 30.11.2009
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Coastal Zone Management contains a collection of contributions from leading experts covering not only the key principles but also the latest thinking on each of the major areas of the subject.

Topics covered include coastal planning and its related legal problems, as well as management issues, such as the prioritisation of needs and risks and the economic appraisal of coastal initiatives. Further chapters consider techniques for data handling and the computer modelling of marine systems and the coastal environment.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780727735164
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-7277-3516-4
  • Verlag: ICE Publishing
  • Erscheinungstermin: 30.11.2009
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2009
  • Produktform: Gebunden
  • Gewicht: 960 g
  • Seiten: 472
  • Format (B x H x T): 156 x 234 x 44 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Green has a background in Geography, IT and Environmental Science. He has specialised in environmental applications of the geospatial technologies. His research focuses on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). He has been involved in a number of EU

Preface

Understanding changes in relative sea level and storminess: views from Earth and space

The contribution of marine spatial planning to implementing integrated coastal zone management

River catchment contributions to the coastal zone

Defining coastal and marine boundaries

Natural capital — valuing the coast

Marine protected areas legislation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles

Geomorphological models and their role in coastal management

Modelling the coastal system

Coastal and marine spatial data infrastructure

Integrated coastal zone management progress and sustainability indicators

Developing a practical method to estimate water-carrying capacity for surf schools in north Cornwall, southwest England

Vulnerability assessment

Marine and coastal education in a virtual environment: the potential of the virtual fieldtrip

The role of voluntary coastal partnerships in ICZM

The role of virtual reality (VR) in visualising the coast

The urban coastline and waterfront development

Coastal hazards and risk

Postscript — an epilogue

References

Index