Coastal and Estuarine Management

by Peter French

Overview

The coast cannot be left to nature to determine its fate. Wealth, property, economic interests, recreation, tourism and wildlife are all threatened. Coasts are an administrative battle ground and one of the most important and widely examined topics in environmental management.
Coastal and Estuarine Management examines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments. Emphasising the importance and significance of this natural resource, the uses and conflicts which occur and the results of human activity, this book explains the ways in which conservation and management policies and practices can protect this productive and diverse ecosystem.
Examples and real-life case studies illustrate the effect of human intervention, both from an historic and contemporary perspective. Exposing the environmental consequences of estuarine pollution, Peter French highlights the need for management strategies to promote a sustainable development ethic for estuaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134775149
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2002
Series:	Routledge Environmental Management
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	268
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Peter W. French is a lecturer in Physical Geography at Lancaster University, with a particular specialism in coastal processes and management. He has published work relating to many aspects of human coastal impact, including salt marsh pollution, erosional problems of borrow pit construction, human causes of coastal habitat loss, and causes of salt marsh loss in the UK.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to estuarine and coastal systems 2 The physical regime of coasts and estuaries 3 Land claim and coastal defence 4 The industrial use of coasts and estuaries 5 Coastal development for tourism 6 Causes of indirect impacts on the coast 7 Management frameworks for coastal and estuarine systems; The final word

Editorial Reviews

Examines key issues surrounding the human use, abuse, and management of estuarine and coastal environments and explains ways in which conservation and management policies and practice can protect this ecosystem. Overviews how coasts and estuaries operate and the types of habitats which result from coastal processes, and details impacts of coastal defenses, industrial development, and tourism, as well as impacts of distant activities. Examples and real-life case studies illustrate the effects of human intervention, both from a historic and contemporary perspective. Presents soft engineering approaches to traditional sea defense techniques and investigates why these techniques are not more widely used. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

'The text is written in a lucid but nontechnical style and should be amenable to all students of environmental management...this text has the capacity to influence the attitudes of the next generation of coastal managers.' - Progress in Physical Goegraphy, Vol 23, No.1 1999

"The only 'textbook' which is both up-to-date and conprehensive in its coverage of this fast-developing subject" Dr Geoff Walker, West England University

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