Coastal Zones

• Author : Juan Baztan,Omer Chouinard,Bethany Jorgensen,Paul Tett,Jean-Paul Vanderlinden,Liette Vasseur
• Publisher : Elsevier Science Limited
• Release Date : 2015-06-01
• Total pages : 356
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : Coastal Zones: Solutions for the 21st Century bridges the gap between national and international efforts and the local needs for actions in communities where coastal zone challenges are faced daily. The solution-oriented approach covers issues of coastal zone management as well as responses to natural disasters. This work provides ideas ...

• Author : Mu Ramkumar,Arthur James,David Menier,Kumaraswamy K
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2018-11-16
• Total pages : 568
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : Coastal Zone Management: Global Perspectives, Regional Processes, Local Issues brings together a vast range of interdisciplinary data on coastal zones in a concise, yet exhaustive format that will be useful to students, researchers, and teachers. The book contains several focused sections, all of which include individual chapters written by subject ...

• Author : John R. Clark,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org
• Release Date : 1992
• Total pages : 167
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : This report identifies governmental actions that can lead to effective management of coastal resources and strenghtening the national capacity for effective coastal resources management through Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). This is a system for controlling development and other human activities that effect the condition of economic resources and the ...

• Author : Gerald Schernewski,Jacobus Hofstede,Thomas Neumann
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release Date : 2011-03-31
• Total pages : 298
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : Climate change and ongoing transformation processes in economy and agriculture will have strong and multiple impacts in the Baltic region. In particular coastal zones face increasing hazards, e.g. due to sea level rise or changes in riverine nutrient loads and eutrophication. These changes also offer a wide range of ...

• Author : Nelson Rangel-Buitrago,Giorgio Anfuso
• Publisher : Springer
• Release Date : 2015-02-16
• Total pages : 63
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : This book assists the reader in determining storm risks, focussing on sandy coasts and cliff coasts in the context of expected sea level rise from littoral transformation and climate change. It examines storm impacts through matrixes concerning physical parameters, socio-economic activities, ecological and historic resources, and it presents the Coastline ...

• Author : Rachelle Alterman,Cygal Pellach
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2020-11-26
• Total pages : 444
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : Regulating Coastal Zones addresses the knowledge gap concerning the legal and regulatory challenges of managing land in coastal zones across a broad range of political and socio-economic contexts. In recent years, coastal zone management has gained increasing attention from environmentalists, land use planners, and decision-makers across a broad spectrum of ...

• Author : S.R. Massel
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 1989-04-01
• Total pages : 335
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : This book discusses selected theoretical topics of coastal hydrodynamics, including basic principles and applications in coastal oceanography and coastal engineering. It is not intended as a handbook; the emphasis is placed on presentation of a number of basic problems, rather than giving detailed instructions for their application. The bulk of ...

• Author : Council of Europe
• Publisher : Council of Europe
• Release Date : 2000-01-01
• Total pages : 112
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : Coastal areas have experienced unprecedented dramatic changes in the last half of the 20th century, especially in zones used for tourism development. This code of conduct and model law on coastal areas establishes some general management principles aimed at the sustainable development of coastal areas and the preservation of their ...

• Author : Federico Ignacio Isla
• Publisher : EOLSS Publications
• Release Date : 2009-06-30
• Total pages : 536
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : Coastal Zones and Estuaries is a component of Encyclopedia of Environmental and Ecological Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources which is part of the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme deals with important links of water, sediment, and nutrients between continents ...

• Author : R. Kerry Turner,Marije Schaafsma
• Publisher : Springer
• Release Date : 2015-06-10
• Total pages : 240
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : This book applies the ‘ecosystem services’ framework to coastal environments, showing how it could facilitate an adaptive management strategy. The contributors describe a decision support system (DSS) based on the 3 Ps – pluralism, pragmatism and precaution – that leads to a more flexible, ‘learn by doing’ approach to the stewardship of coastal ...

• Author : Robert W. Dixon-Gough
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2017-11-01
• Total pages : 236
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : This title was first published in 2001. Management of coastal zone areas is particularly complicated due to their international nature. Focussing on European coastal zones, this volume examines the various key issues and concerns and highlights the importance of partnership approaches. It details the inter-relationship between the various organizations involved (both ...

• Author : Christoph Wetzelhuetter
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release Date : 2013-05-28
• Total pages : 382
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : Groundwater management and conservation becomes a more and more important issue in the heavily urbanized coastal zones of the Asia-Pacific region. This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the status of coastal groundwater research in this diverse region. It includes latest methodologies and technologies to assess processes associated with coastal ...

• Author : R. Kerry Turner,W. Neil Adger
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1998
• Total pages : 122
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : Read online Towards Integrated Modelling and Analysis in Coastal Zones written by R. Kerry Turner,W. Neil Adger, published by which was released on 1998. Download full Towards Integrated Modelling and Analysis in Coastal Zones Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle....

• Author : Frank Ahlhorn
• Publisher : Springer Vieweg
• Release Date : 2017-05-09
• Total pages : 212
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : The Book gives an overview about the Integrated Coastal Zone Management and offers examples and best practice. The focus is set on European coastal zones, worldwide and historical developements are considered also. Questons at the end of each chapter enable the consolidation of the matter....

• Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
• Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
• Release Date : 2019-11-22
• Total pages : 92
• ISBN : 9780128027486

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Summary : This guide is a collection of concepts and practical information aimed at facilitating the establishment of allocated zones for aquaculture (AZAs) in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It provides detailed information on the process involved in the establishment of an AZA and it is intended as a practical and ...