Coastal management in Australia / / Nick Harvey and Brian Caton [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910141822403321
• Autore: Harvey Nick <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: University of Adelaide Press, 2010; Adelaide : , : The University of Adelaide Press, , 2010
• ISBN: 9780980723038; 0980723035; 9780980723045; 0980723043
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 342 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 333.917160994
• Soggetti: Coastal zone management - Australia; Shore protection - Australia; Coastal engineering - Australia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-329) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. An Era of Change -- Global imperatives for coastal management -- Global influences on Australian coastal management -- Action in the 1990s: changes to Australian coastal management -- What is the Australian coast? -- Conclusion -- ; 2. Understanding Coastal Processes -- The dynamics of coastal systems -- Global change and Australian coastal processes -- Australian case studies of coastal processes -- ; 3. Human Impact on the Australian Coast -- Coastal impacts from our cities -- Non-metropolitan expansion along the coast -- Catchment to the coast -- Commercial use of coastal waters -- Tourism and recreational pressure on the coast -- Coastal mining and industry activities -- ; 4. Managing the Australian Coast -- The need for management -- Government roles and responsibilities -- Coastal planning -- The role of the community -- Sustainable coastal management and scientific uncertainty -- Coastal environmental management systems -- Management of places of high conservation and landscape value -- ; 5. Conclusions and Future Directions -- The state of coastal management in Australia -- Coastal management for ; the 21st century.
• Sommario/riassunto: Coastal Management in Australia introduces the background to the various coastal management systems operating in Australia and illustrates these with 'real world' examples from the different states and territories.