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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter W French |
| ISBN: | 0415198445 9780415198448 0415198453 9780415198455 |
| OCLC Number: | 45276815 |
| Description: | xvii, 366 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 1 Introduction to coastal defences 3 -- Historical background to coastal defences 5 -- Problems of a static coastline 7 -- Recent trends in defence planning 9 -- Structure of this book 17 -- 2 Role of coastal processes in coastal defence management 19 -- Importance of waves 20 -- Importance of tides 30 -- Importance of wind 32 -- Concept of the coastal sediment budget 34 -- Problem of changing sea level 37 -- Part II Hard approaches to coastal defence 47 -- 3 Sea walls and revetments 51 -- Types of sea wall and their uses 56 -- Impacts of sea walls on the coast 60 -- Benefits of sea walls to the coastal environment 66 -- Sea walls and sea level rise 68 -- 4 Groynes and jetties: shore normal structures 72 -- Shore normal structures and their methodologies 81 -- Impacts of groynes and jetties 85 -- Benefits of groynes and jetties for the coastal environment 92 -- Groynes and sea level rise 93 -- 5 Cliff stabilisation 96 -- Role of cliffs in coastal sediment supply 103 -- Methods of cliff protection 113 -- Impacts associated with cliff protection 125 -- Cliff management by non-intervention 128 -- Cliff defences and sea level rise 137 -- 6 Offshore structures: breakwaters and sills 141 -- Offshore structures and their usage 143 -- Impacts of offshore structures on the coast 158 -- Beneficial aspects of offshore structures 162 -- Offshore breakwaters and sea level rise 163 -- Part III Soft approaches to coastal defence 167 -- 7 Beach feeding 169 -- Importance of beaches for wave attenuation 173 -- Beach recharge techniques 174 -- Important considerations for successful beach recharge 183 -- Issue of permanence 192 -- Where is all the recharge material coming from? 196 -- Beach recharge and tourism 199 -- Impacts associated with beach recharge 200 -- Benefits of a recharged beach 204 -- Beach feeding and sea level rise 205 -- Other forms of soft management of beaches 206 -- 8 Dune building 215 -- Importance of dunes in coastal defence 218 -- Dune problem 219 -- Methods of dune protection and rehabilitation 230 -- Impacts associated with dune protection 238 -- Sand dunes and sea level rise 239 -- 9 Increasing sedimentation in mudflat environments 244 -- Philosophy of encouraging fine sediment deposition 245 -- Methods of increasing natural sedimentation 246 -- Increasing wave attenuation with vegetation 254 -- Impacts associated with increasing natural sedimentation 264 -- Benefits of increased coastal sedimentation 268 -- Intertidal mudflats and sea level rise 268 -- 10 Managed realignment 271 -- Rationale of giving land back to the sea 273 -- Methods and environmental factors in managed realignment 280 -- Storm breaches: a natural analogue to managed realignment 290 -- Impacts associated with managed realignment 293 -- Economics of managed realignment 294 -- Managed realignment and sea level rise 296 -- Part IV Coastal defences in a changing environment 301 -- 11 Coastal defences revisited 303 -- Common problems with coastal defences 304 -- Developed coastlines: a location for 'staged retreat'? 306 -- Undeveloped coastlines: planning and insurance - true costing in coastal areas? 307 -- 12 Coastal defences in the future 311 -- Sea level rise and the hard versus soft debate 312 -- Public perception of hard and soft defences 315 -- Where is coastal defence going? 319. |
| Responsibility: | Peter W. French. |
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