Coastal environments and global change / / edited by Gerhard Masselink and Roland Gehrels

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792162103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-470-65660-3; 1-119-11726-7; 1-118-82500-4
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (482 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.45/7
• Soggetti: Global warming; Environmental degradation; Coastal ecology; Coast changes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Coastal Environments and Global Change; Contents; Contributors; About the Companion Website; 1 Introduction to Coastal Environments and Global Change; 1.1 Setting the scene; 1.1.1 What is the coastal zone?; 1.1.2 Coastal zone and society; 1.1.3 Scope of this book and chapter outline; 1.2 Coastal morphodynamics; 1.2.1 Research paradigm; 1.2.2 Coastal morphodynamic systems; 1.2.3 Morphodynamic feedback; 1.2.4 Coastal evolution and stratigraphy; 1.3 Climate change; 1.3.1 Quaternary climate change; 1.3.2 Present and future climate change; 1.4 Modelling coastal change; 1.4.1 Need for adequate models1.4.2 Conceptual models; 1.4.3 Empirical models; 1.4.4 Behaviour-oriented models; 1.4.5 Process-based morphodynamic models; 1.4.6 Physical models; 1.5 Summary; Key publications; References; 2 Sea Level; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 What is sea level?; 2.1.2 Processes affecting sea level; 2.1.3 Observing sea level; 2.1.4 Chapter outline; 2.2 Quaternary sea-level change; 2.2.1 Introduction; 2.2.2 Sea-level observations; 2.2.3 Interpretation of the observations; 2.3 Recent and future sea-level change; 2.3.1 ; Introduction; 2.3.2 Sea-level observations; 2.3.3 Interpretation of the observations2.3.4 Estimating future sea levels; 2.4 Summary; Key publications; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Environmental Control: Geology and Sediments; 3.1 Geology and sediments: setting boundary conditions for coasts; 3.1.1 Coastal diversity: a heritage of geology and sediments; 3.1.2 Spatial and temporal scales: from global tectonics to local geological controls; 3.2 Geology and coasts; 3.2.1 The pervasive role of plate tectonics; 3.2.2 The role of Quaternary ice sheets and isostatic rebound on high-latitude coasts; 3.2.3 Water loading of continental shelves; 3.2.4 Lithology, sediment texture and coasts3.2.5 Other regional to local boundary conditions: coastal orientation and gradient; 3.3 Sediments and coasts; 3.3.1 Coastal sediment stacking over time: sequence stratigraphy and sea-level change; 3.3.2 Sediment accommodation space; 3.3.3 Terrigenous sediment supply; 3.3.4 Sediment redistribution from river-mouth to coast; 3.3.5 Carbonate sediments; 3.3.6 Sediment supply from soft cliffs; 3.3.7 Longshore sediment transport; 3.3.8 Sediment supply from the inner continental shelf; 3.3.9 Boulders on the shore: an enigmatic issue; 3.4 Human impacts on sediment supply to coasts3.5 Climate change, geology and sediments; 3.6 Summary; Key publications; References; 4 Drivers: Waves and Tides; 4.1 Physical drivers of the coastal environment; 4.2 Waves; 4.2.1 Importance and definitions; 4.2.2 Wave theories; 4.2.3 Wave generation; 4.2.4 Wave propagation and shoaling; 4.2.5 Wave measurement; 4.2.6 Long waves; 4.2.7 Wave climate and response to global climate change; 4.3 Tides; 4.3.1 Tidal characteristics; 4.3.2 Equilibrium tides; 4.3.3 Dynamical considerations; 4.3.4 Tidal analysis and prediction; 4.3.5 Tidal currents; 4.3.6 Global change effects on tides
• Sommario/riassunto: The coastal zone is one of the most dynamic environments on our planet and is much affected by global change, especially sea-level rise. Coastal environments harbour valuable ecosystems, but they are also hugely important from a societal point of view. This book, which draws on the expertise of 21 leading international coastal scientists, represents an up-to-date account of coastal environments and past, present and future impacts of global change. The first chapter of the book outlines key principles that underpin coastal systems and their behaviour. This is followed by a discussion of key

Cycles of Hatred and Rage : What Right-Wing Extremists in Europe and Their Parties Tell Us About the US / / edited by Katherine C. Donahue, Patricia R. Heck

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910337742503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019
• ISBN: 9783030144166; 303014416X
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2019.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 303.484094
• Soggetti: Ethnology; Culture; Political sociology; Comparative government; Ethnography; Sociocultural Anthropology; Sociology of Culture; Political Sociology; Comparative Politics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- 2. Old and New Nationalisms in the Brexit Borderlands of Northern Ireland -- 3. From Houses and Grandparents to Brexit: Connections Between Memory, Objects and Right-Wing Populism -- 4. "Dancing" with the Extreme Right: Do New Partners Bring New Dangers to Germany? -- 5. Dispossession, Anger, and the Making of a Neoliberal Legitimacy Crisis -- 6. In the Camp of the Saints: Right-Wing Populism in Twenty-First-Century France -- 7. Independence Day: The Emotional Tenor of Populism in Poland -- 8. Dance Populism: The Potato Principle and the New Hungarian Dance Craze -- 9. Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: This edited collection addresses a growing concern in Europe and the United States about the future of the European Union, democratic ; institutions, and democracy itself. The current success of right-wing parties-marked by the adoption of extremist nationalistic rhetoric aimed to incite fear of the "other" and the use of authoritarian policies when attaining the majority-is putting pressure on basic human rights and the rule of law. Eight sociocultural anthropologists, working in England, Northern Ireland, Italy, France, Poland, Germany, Hungary and the United States use varying methodological and theoretical approaches to inspect a number of such parties and their supporters, while assessing the underpinnings of current right-wing successes in what has heretofore been a recurring post-war cycle. The research collected in Cycles of Hatred and Rage supports the validity of the above concerns, and it ultimately suggests that in the current battle between democratic globalists and authoritarian nationalists, the outcome is far from clear.