Managing European Coasts: Past, Present and Future (Environmental Science and Engineering) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540234543 ISBN 13: 9783540234548

Publisher: Springer, 2005

Synopsis

Coastal zones play a key role in Earth System functioning and form an “edge for society” providing a significant contribution to the life support systems. Goods and services derived from coastal systems depend strongly on multiple transboundary interactions with the land, atmosphere, open ocean and sea bottom. Increasing demands on coastal resources driven by human habitation, food security, recreation and transportation accelerate the exploitation of the coastal landscape and water bodies. Many coastal areas and human activities are subject to increasing risks from natural and man-induced hazards such as flooding resulting from major changes in hydrology of river systems that has reached a global scale. Changes in the hydrological cycle coupled with changes in land and water management alter fluxes of materials transmitted from river catchments to the coastal zone, which have a major effect on coastal ecosystems. The increasing complexity of underlying processes and forcing functions that drive changes on coastal systems are witnessed at a multiplicity of temporal and spatial scales.

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Synopsis

This book focuses on the interchange between a selected multidisciplinary team on future coastal management in Europe. It serves as a background for the successful implementation of EC directives relevant to the coast. The study summarizes methodologies and analyses for supporting implementation of these directives and evaluates institutional and capacity requirements. It addresses issues of globalization including climate change and economic development. Integrated assessment is used and future scenarios for the coast are developed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540234543
• ISBN 13: 9783540234548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 410
• Editor: Vermaat Jan E., Bouwer Laurens, Turner Kerry, Salomons W.