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 |
Autore | Risio Marcello Di |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (122 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
Soggetto non controllato |
coastal zone
storm deformations underwater bar XBeach wave transformation cross-shore sediment transport equilibrium profile dredging and disposal environmental effects mathematical modeling and monitoring sediment dispersion sediment handling coastal boulder deposit hurricane storm surge hydrodynamic equations Gulf of California (Mexico) coastal lagoon dissolved and particulate metals sediments labile forms enrichment factor early diagenetic process groundwater discharges Yangtze estuary tidal flows sediment transport sediment spillover morphological dynamics high-resolution numerical model marine sediment contaminated sediment management coastal sediment transport harbor siltation dredging water quality coastal engineering coastal defence system mathematical modelling engineering practice |
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.] |
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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