"[This book] synthesizes and interprets the current state of the knowledge on the science and practice of nature-based shoreline protection. This book will serve as a valuable reference to guide scientists, students, managers, planners, regulators, environmental and engineering …
International conference on coastlines, structures and breakwaters: proceedings of the International Conference on co…
by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), Allsop, N. W. H., (Nigel William Henry), International Conference on Coastlines, Structures and Breakwaters, London, England)
Of gently sloping revetment in Japan / T. Uda, M. Serizawa, S. Seino, Y. Hoshigami, T. San-nami and K. Furuike -- Rehabilitation and redesign of the Gismeroy industrial area sea wall in Mandal, Norway / A.E. Lothe and T. Birkeland -- Evaluation of wave climate parameters from be…
International conference on coastlines, structures and breakwaters: proceedings of the International Conference on co…
by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), Allsop, N. W. H., (Nigel William Henry), International Conference on Coastlines, Structures and Breakwaters, London, England)
Of gently sloping revetment in Japan / T. Uda, M. Serizawa, S. Seino, Y. Hoshigami, T. San-nami and K. Furuike -- Rehabilitation and redesign of the Gismeroy industrial area sea wall in Mandal, Norway / A.E. Lothe and T. Birkeland -- Evaluation of wave climate parameters from be…
Discusses the functions of revetments and the different aspects of structural performance. This book aims to enable the engineer to choose the most stable, appropriate and cost-effective revetment system, for a given situation.
Design Criteria -- Alternatives for Hazard Mitigation -- Probabilistic Design -- Functional Design -- Structural Design -- Beach Engineering -- Economics Risk and Resilience -- Pile Supported Structures -- Environmental Impacts -- Sea Level Rise. "This timely book is abou…
"This timely book is about how to design alternatives to reduce coastal flood and wave damage, erosion, and loss of ecosystems facing an unknown future of sea level rise. The latest theories are interlaced with applied examples from the authors' 48 years of experience in teachin…
"This timely book is about how to design alternatives to reduce coastal flood and wave damage, erosion, and loss of ecosystems facing an unknown future of sea level rise. The latest theories are interlaced with applied examples from the authors' 48 years of experience in teachin…
Chapter 1. Managed realignment and its context -- Chapter 2. Stakeholder ecologies and managed realignment -- Chapter 3. Inventing managed realignment -- Chapter 4. The community of reception of managed realignment -- Chapter 5. Making the new wetlands: the sites of managed real…
"Significant changes are affecting coastlines around the world due to economic pressures and climate change. This book addresses the social, cultural and political context of the process of managed coastal realignment, the strategic abandonment of the coast, as a means of coping…