Coastal risk management in a changing climate

by Burcharth, H. F., (Hans F.) Nicholls, Robert J. Thompson, Richard C. Vanderlinden, Jean-Paul Zanuttigh, Barbara

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« Existing coastal management and defense approaches are not well suited to meet the challenges of climate change and related uncertanities. Professionals in this field need a more dynamic, systematic and multidisciplinary approach. Written by an international group of experts, Coastal Risk Assessment and Mitigation in a Changing Climate provides innovative, multidisciplinary best practices for mitigating the effects of climate change on coastal structures. Based on the Theseus program, the boo…

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Full title :Coastal risk management in a changing climate / edited by Barbara Zanuttigh, Robert Nicholls, Jean Paul Vanderlinden, Hans F. Burcharth andRichard C. Thompson.

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Publication Date:©2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Butterworth-Heinemann
Place of Publication:Oxford, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

Description:xxxi, 638 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0123973104, 9780123973108
oclc:ocn946586931
LC Classification:HT391
Dewey Decimal:333.91/7

Introduction -- Developing a Holistic Approach to Assessing and Managing Coastal Flood Risk -- Innovative Engineering Solutions and Best Practices to Mitigate Coastal Risk -- Ecological Approaches to Coastal Risk Mitigation -- Nonstructural Approaches to Coastal Risk Mitigations -- Toward Sustainable Decision Making -- Case Studies Worldwide.

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Case studies Climat -- Études de cas. -- Changements Climatic changes -- Case studies. -- Ri… Climatic changes -- Risk assessment Coast changes -- Case studies. -- Risk … Coastal engineering Coastal engineering -- Case studies Coastal zone management Coastal zone management -- Case studies Littoral -- Études de cas. -- Aménageme… Littoral -- Études de cas. -- Modificat… Travaux maritimes -- Études de cas