This open access volume provides for the first time a comprehensive description and scientific evaluation of underwater archaeological finds referring to human occupation of the continental shelf around the coastlines of Europe and the Mediterranean when sea levels were... Lees meer.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the processes associated with coastal karst development comparing examples from a broad geographical and geomorphological range of island and continental shoreline paleoshoreline settings. Carbonate rock coasts are foun... Lees meer.

The authors aim to communicate with all who care about the future of coastal environments. In Part 1 they present some underlying general big picture concepts that are applicable to coastal processes and coastal change worldwide. This book is intended as a concept... 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.

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. Groundwate... 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.

This book presents the natural environmental and scenic richness of the world s coastal and marine areas classified by UNESCO as Natural World Heritage Sites . This book presents the natural environmental and scenic richness of the world s coastal and marine are... Lees meer.

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 university-level reference work covers a range of remote sensing techniques that are useful for mapping and visualizing benthic environments on continental shelves. This university-level reference work covers a range of remote sensing techniques that are useful fo... Lees meer.

Increasingly the choice of shoreline stabilization approach will depend upon plans for future response to rising seas which in many cases may involve retreat from the shoreline rather than holding the line. At the coast all is not what it seems. Decades of beachfront... 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. This book covers the gamut of coastal hazards that result from short-term low-frequency eve... Lees meer.

This book presents the natural environmental and scenic richness of the world s coastal and marine areas classified by UNESCO as Natural World Heritage Sites . This book presents the natural environmental and scenic richness of the world s coastal and marine are... Lees meer.

This book discusses sea-level and coastline changes. These topics are becoming increasingly important for populations living along the edge of the world s oceans and seas especially in areas where eustatic sea-level rise is superimposed on isostatic subsidence and stor... 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.

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.