Coastal Planning and Management - Hardcover

Kay, Robert; Alder, Jaqueline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041531772X ISBN 13: 9780415317726

Publisher: CRC Press, 2005

Synopsis

The first comprehensive tool-kit for coastal planners and those aiming to achieve effective coastal management worldwide. Coastal Planning and Management provides a link between planning and management tools and thus includes all stages in the process, from development through evaluation to implementation.

Drawing on examples of successful coastal planning and management from around the world, the authors provide clear and practical guidelines for the people who make daily decisions about the world's coastlines.

Coastal Planning and Management is an invaluable resource for professionals in environmental and planning consultancies, international organizations and governmental departments, as well as for academics and researchers in the local and international fields of geography, marine and environmental science, marine and coastal engineering and marine policy and planning.

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Review:

'This book is a comprehensive toolkit for coastal planners and those aiming to achieve effective coastal management world-wide ... The authors are able to provide clear and practical guidelines for the people who make daily decisions about the world's coastlines.' - Coastline

Synopsis:

The second edition of Coastal Planning and Management provides a comprehensive toolkit for students that will last through into a career in coastal management, with its solid presentation of the essentials alongside the latest advances in the field. The authors demonstrate the important link between coastal planning and management, and clearly outline tools for the development, evaluation and implementation of all key types of coastal management plans. The balanced approach allows students and professionals the ability to choose from a variety of established planning and management techniques. This second edition features a broader theoretical base, and includes additional analysis of coastal planning styles and approaches that are sensitive to ecosystems and societal values in the context of increasing concern in these areas. There are new case studies from all over the world, and valuable updates of progress on the case studies from the first edition are given.

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 041531772X
• ISBN 13: 9780415317726
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400