Coastal management in Australia / / Nick Harvey and Brian Caton [[electronic resource]]
| Coastal management in Australia / / Nick Harvey and Brian Caton [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Harvey Nick <1952-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of Adelaide Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 342 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 333.917160994 |
| Soggetto topico |
Coastal zone management - Australia
Shore protection - Australia Coastal engineering - Australia |
| Soggetto non controllato |
australia
coastal engineering coastal zone management shore protection Estuary Seagrass |
| ISBN |
9780980723038
0980723035 9780980723045 0980723043 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141822403321 |
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Marine Sediments : Processes, Transport and Environmental Aspects
| Marine Sediments : Processes, Transport and Environmental Aspects |
| Autore | Risio Marcello Di |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (122 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
| Soggetto non controllato |
coastal boulder deposit
coastal defence system coastal engineering coastal lagoon coastal sediment transport coastal zone contaminated sediment management cross-shore sediment transport dissolved and particulate metals dredging dredging and disposal early diagenetic process engineering practice enrichment factor environmental effects equilibrium profile groundwater discharges Gulf of California (Mexico) harbor siltation high-resolution hurricane storm surge hydrodynamic equations labile forms marine sediment mathematical modeling and monitoring mathematical modelling morphological dynamics numerical model sediment dispersion sediment handling sediment spillover sediment transport sediments storm deformations tidal flows underwater bar water quality wave transformation XBeach Yangtze estuary |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Marine Sediments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557387603321 |
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The world's beaches [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.]
| The world's beaches [[electronic resource] /] / Orrin H. Pilkey ... [et al.] |
| Autore | Pilkey Orrin H. <1934-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.45/7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Beaches
Seashore Coasts Coast changes |
| Soggetto non controllato |
arctic beaches
bars beach ecosystems beach environments beach guides beach variety beaches berms blisters coastal engineering color photographs cusps dunes earth sciences global beaches guidebook illustrated maps natural sciences natural variety nonfiction oceans oil spills pollution ripples rising sea levels scientists shell lags shorelines tides tourist destinations tropical shores washover fans waves wind wrack lines |
| ISBN |
1-283-27801-4
9786613278012 0-520-94894-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The global character of beaches -- pt. 2. How to read a beach -- pt. 3. The global threat to beaches. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781493003321 |
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