This book studies the literary representation of the beach from ancient Greek literature up until today, drawing on English, French, Italian, American and Spanish literatures from various periods and genres and presenting multiple ways of comparing...Loe edasi...
This book addresses disaster and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practices, constraints and capacity in the context of coastal Bangladesh....Loe edasi...
This book examines a wide range of innovative approaches for coastal wetlands restoration and explains how we should use use both academic research and practitioners findings to influence learning, practice, policy, and social change....Loe edasi...
Explains the Sustainable Blue Economy as a marine-based economy that provides social and economic benefits for current and future generations. It provides a survey of the current state of understanding, activities, and policies related to the Blue E...Loe edasi...
This book is an anthology of key essays that foregrounds coasts, islands, and shorelines as central to the scholarship on the oceanic environment and climate across South Asia....Loe edasi...
This global volume is the first comprehensive overview to provide a solid foundation on the concept of seascape. It provides academics, practitioners, NGOs, consultants and government officials with a broad overview of current research and practice...Loe edasi...
This book interrogates the multi-scalar complexities that need to be considered in moving towards a more sustainable coastal zone through the lenses of economic geography....Loe edasi...
This book examines how cultural differences in the handling of climate change along European coasts can be described and explained. The work develops the concept of cultureasrelational space, elaborates explanatory approaches for environmental socio...Loe edasi...
This guide to sediment transport and morphodynamics modelling in nearshore environments covers hydrodynamics of estuarine and coastal environments, seafloor and estuarine composition, and hydro-environmental interactions; emphasising the inter-relat...Loe edasi...
Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Soil and Water Management discusses the latest approaches for monitoring soil and water degradation in coastal regions under current climate conditions and as well as potential further changes in the future....Loe edasi...
This book provides a timely and valuable assessment of the current state of the art geoinformatics tools and methods for the management of marine systems. This book focuses on the cutting-edge coverage of a wide spectrum of activities and topics suc...Loe edasi...
This contributed volume brings together different perspectives to build awareness of the wealth and fragility of this ecosystem by balancing economic and social needs with conservation in the hope of stewarding a sustainable and healthy ecosystem fo...Loe edasi...
Adaptations of the Metropolitan Landscape in Delta Regions focuses on the urban form of three delta regions, the Pearl River Delta in Southern China, the Rhine, Maas, and Scheldt Delta in the Netherlands and the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern Ca...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Jun-2017, Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781118937099)
A comprehensive introduction to coastal storms and their associated impacts Coastal Storms offers students and professionals in the field a comprehensive overview and groundbreaking text that is specifically devoted to the analysis of coastal sto...Loe edasi...
