Management of the Effects of Coastal Storms: Policy, Scientific and Historical Perspectives (Focus: Earth System - Environmental Sciences) - Hardcover

Quevauviller, Philippe; Ciavola, Paolo; Garnier, Emmanuel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848217625 ISBN 13: 9781848217621

Verlag: Wiley-ISTE, 2017

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A large part of the world’s coastlines consists of sandy beaches and dunes that may undergo dramatic changes during storms. Extreme storm events in some cases dominate the erosion history of the coastline and may have dramatic impacts on densely populated coastal areas. Policy, research and historical background are essential elements that need to be interconnected for effective coastal planning and management.
This book discusses this framework, with Chapter 1 providing an insight into policy settings and science-policy interactions in the area of coastal risks related to storms and flooding, and integrated coastal zone management. This is followed by a review of the current understanding of the processes generating extreme coastal events, the morphological evolution of coastlines during and after the events, and the methods for monitoring the process as it occurs or for post-event appraisal. The final chapter discusses the importance of historical approaches regarding coastal threats, taking the Xynthia storm as an example.

 

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Philippe Quevauviller, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

Paolo Ciavola, University of Ferrara, Italy.

Emmanuel Garnier, CNRS, France.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley-ISTE
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1848217625
• ISBN 13: 9781848217621
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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