Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate

✍ Scribed by Barbara Zanuttigh, Robert J. Nicholls, Jean-Paul Vanderlinden, Richard C. Thompson, Hans Falk Burcharth

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 658
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

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 Management 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 book includes eight study sites across Europe, with specific attention to the most vulnerable coastal environments such as deltas, estuaries and wetlands, where many large cities and industrial areas are located.

Integrated risk assessment tools for considering the effects of climate change and related uncertainties
Presents latest insights on coastal engineering defenses
Provides integrated guidelines for setting up optimal mitigation measures
Provides directly applicable tools for the design of mitigation measures
Highlights socio-economic perspectives in coastal mitigation

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Acknowledgments, Page xi
List of Contributors, Pages xiii-xxxi
Chapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-8, Barbara Zanuttigh, Robert Nicholls, Susan Hanson
Chapter 2 - Developing a Holistic Approach to Assessing and Managing Coastal Flood Risk, Pages 9-53, Robert Nicholls, Barbara Zanuttigh, Jean Paul Vanderlinden, Ralf Weisse, Rodolfo Silva, Susan Hanson, Siddarth Narayan, Simon Hoggart, Richard C. Thompson, Wout de Vries, Phoebe Koundouri
Chapter 3 - Innovative Engineering Solutions and Best Practices to Mitigate Coastal Risk, Pages 55-170, Hans F. Burcharth, Barbara Zanuttigh, Thomas Lykke Andersen, Javier L. Lara, Gosse Jan Steendam, Piero Ruol, Philippe Sergent, Rafał Ostrowski, Rodolfo Silva, Luca Martinelli, Jørgen Quvang Harck Nørgaard, Edgar Mendoza, David Simmonds, Nino Ohle, Jens Kappenberg, Shunqi Pan, Dan Kim Nguyen, Erik A. Toorman, Panayotis Prinos, Simon Hoggart, Zhongyuan Chen, et al.
Chapter 4 - Ecological Approaches to Coastal Risk Mitigation, Pages 171-236, Simon Hoggart, Stephen J. Hawkins, Katrin Bohn, Laura Airoldi, Jim van Belzen, Amandine Bichot, David T. Bilton, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Marina Antonia Colangelo, Andrew J. Davies, Filippo Ferrario, Louise B. Firth, Cristina Galván, Michael Hanley, Hugues Heurtefeux, Javier L. Lara, Iñigo Losada Rodriguez, Maria Maza, Barbara Ondiviela Eizaguirre, Simon D. Rundle, Martin W. Skov, et al.
Chapter 5 - Nonstructural Approaches to Coastal Risk Mitigations, Pages 237-274, Jean Paul Vanderlinden, Juan Baztan, Tracey Coates, Osiel González Dávila, François Hissel, Idrissa Oumar Kane, Phoebe Koundouri, Loraine McFadden, Dennis Parker, Edmund Penning-Rowsell, Luca Pietrantoni, Gianluca Pescaroli, Gabriele Prati, Bénédicte Rulleau, Mavra Stithou, Nabil Touili
Chapter 6 - Toward Sustainable Decision Making, Pages 275-323, Phoebe Koundouri, Barbara Zanuttigh, Osiel González Dávila, Jean Paul Vanderlinden, Susan Hanson, Robert Nicholls, Simon Hoggart, Richard C. Thompson, Wout de Vries, Edmund Penning-Rowsell
Chapter 7 - Case Studies Worldwide, Pages 325-628
Index, Pages 629-638

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