<p>Growing pressure from increasingly diverse human activities coupled with climate change impacts threaten the functional integrity of coastal ecosystems around the globe. A multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding drivers, pressures and impacts in the coastal zone requires effective integ
Integrated Coastal Zone Management : Status, Challenges and Prospects
โ Scribed by Ahlhorn, Frank
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- English
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- 210
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- Wasser: Oฬkologie und Bewirtschaftung
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- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
The Book gives an overview about the Integrated Coastal Zone Management and offers examples and best practice. The focus is set on European coastal zones, worldwide and historical developements are considered also. Questons at the end of each chapter enable the consolidation of the matter.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
The Coast....Pages 1-11
Historical Annotations....Pages 13-34
Status: Basics of ICZM....Pages 35-48
Hydrology of (shallow) Coastal Regions....Pages 49-62
Challenges: Sectoral Descriptions....Pages 63-119
Prospects: Approaches of Integrated Management....Pages 121-162
Prospects: Methodologies of Integration....Pages 163-182
Exercises: Fictitious Case Studies....Pages 183-193
Back Matter....Pages 195-197
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