This book draws together a series of studies of spit geomorphology and temporal evolution from around the world. The volume offers some unique insights into how these landforms are examined scientifically and how we as humans impact them offering a global perspective o... Lees meer.

This book provides an overview of beach management tools including carrying capacity beach nourishment environmental and tourism awards like Blue Flag or others bathing water quality zoning beach typologies quality index user s perception interdisciplinary bea... Lees meer.

This book describes an easy to apply methodology to determine the scenic value of a coast. As one of the most critical aspects of beach user choice the determination of coastal area scenic quality is of primordial importance. This book is therefore an extremely usefu... Lees meer.

This book presents essential new insights in research and applications concerning spatial information technologies and coastal disaster prevention modeling for oceanic and coastal regions. As a new research domain of Digital Earth it covers the latest scientific and te... Lees meer.

Human clustering in coastal areas The coastal zone has gained a solid reputation as a place vocated for recreational activities and this is generally related to the presence of the sea.... Lees meer.

The coasts cover a diverse range of ecosystems within marine estuarine and freshwater environments. They are some of the most heavily populated and visited areas and are also some of the most threatened natural habitats. Coastal zones are critically important not only... Lees meer.

Readers of this cutting-edge research gain an integrated view of groundwater processes in coastal aquifers of the Asia-Pacific region. The book is an unrivalled professional resource that includes case studies and exemplars from diverse regional locations. Groundwater... Lees meer.

Climate change and ongoing transformation processes in economy and agriculture will have strong and multiple impacts in the Baltic region. Besides risks the chances and opportunities of changes for the region are addressed and adaptation examples and strategies are giv... Lees meer.

South Florida continues to attract new residents despite its susceptibility to sea-level rise. This book explores the views of real estate agent with respect to how prospective homebuyers assess the risk of flooding. It reports on their observations as to whether house... Lees meer.

This book focuses on the global threats to coastal environments from invasive non-native species and examines how these alien biological species adversely alter landscapes and socioeconomic conditions as well as the psychological attitudes and perceptions of local inha... Lees meer.

Human clustering in coastal areas The coastal zone has gained a solid reputation as a place vocated for recreational activities and this is generally related to the presence of the sea. The relationship however does not appear univocal or simple. the sea can be perce... Lees meer.

South Florida continues to attract new residents despite its susceptibility to sea-level rise. This book explores the views of real estate agent with respect to how prospective homebuyers assess the risk of flooding. It reports on their observations as to whether house... Lees meer.

This book covers the gamut of coastal hazards that result from short-term low-frequency events and have high-magnitude and far-reaching impacts on coastal zones the world over. Much of the world s population now lives in low-lying coastal zones that are inherently vulne... Lees meer.

Climate change and ongoing transformation processes in economy and agriculture will have strong and multiple impacts in the Baltic region. Besides risks the chances and opportunities of changes for the region are addressed and adaptation examples and strategies are giv... Lees meer.

This volume incorporates theoretical and practical knowledge through case studies and reviews to serve as a baseline of information for coastal ecosystem research and discusses the impacts of pollution industrialisation agriculture and climate change on coastal ecosy... Lees meer.