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9780415137584

Coastal and Estuarine Management

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415137584

  • ISBN10:

    0415137586

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2016-08-31
  • Publisher: Routledge

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The coast can no longer be left to nature to determine its fate. Wealth, property, economic interests, recreation, tourism and wildlife are all threatened.Coastal and Estuarine Managementexamines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments. Emphasizing the importance and significance of this natural resource, the uses and conflicts which occur and the results of human activity, Peter W. French explains the ways in which conservation and management policies and practices can protect this productive and diverse ecosystem. Examples and real-life case studies illustrate the effect of human intervention, both from a historic and contemporary perspective. Exposing the environmental consequences of estuarine pollution, French highlights the need for management strategies to promote a sustainable development ethic for estuaries.

Table of Contents

List of Plates
vii(1)
List of figures
viii(2)
List of tables
x(2)
List of boxes
xii(1)
Preface xiii(2)
Acknowledgements xv
1 Introduction to estuarine and coastal systems
1(24)
Introduction
2(6)
Types of estuarine and coastal environments
8(6)
Human impacts on coasts and estuaries
14(10)
Summary of Chapter 1
24(1)
2 The physical regime of coasts and estuaries
25(30)
Introduction
26(1)
Wave-dominated coasts
26(15)
Tide-dominated coasts
41(8)
Coral reefs
49(1)
Wind-dominated (aeolian) coasts
50(1)
Deltaic coastlines
51(1)
Summary of Chapter 2
52(3)
3 Land claim and coastal defence
55(62)
Introduction
56(1)
History of land claim
57(1)
Environmental implications of land claim
58(13)
Coastal protection
71(33)
Coastal defence management and planning
104(6)
Managed realignment: a universal solution in soft engineering?
110(5)
Summary of Chapter 3
115(2)
4 The industrial use of coasts and estuaries
117(30)
Introduction
118(3)
Historical trends in waste disposal
121(9)
Effects of pollution on estuaries and coasts
130(7)
Effects of power generation
137(8)
Summary of Chapter 4
145(2)
5 Coastal development for tourism
147(24)
Introduction
148(2)
Problems of tourist development at the coast
150(10)
Demands of the tourist industry
160(5)
Examples of tourist impact on coastlines
165(3)
Summary of Chapter 5
168(3)
6 Causes of indirect impacts on the coast
171(16)
Introduction
172(1)
Inland causes
172(5)
Offshore causes
177(7)
Summary of Chapter 6
184(3)
7 Management frameworks for coastal and estuarine systems
187(34)
Introduction
188(3)
The concept of coastal zone management
191(17)
The future of the coastline
208(9)
The way forward
217(2)
Summary of Chapter 7
219(2)
The final word 221(2)
References 223(22)
Location index 245(3)
Subject index 248

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