Sand Dune Conservation, Management and Restoration

✍ Scribed by J. Patrick Doody (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 315
• Series: Coastal Research Library 4
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book deals with the development of temperate coastal sand dunes and the way these have been influenced by human activity. The different states in which the habitat exists both for the beach/foredune and inland dune are reviewed against the pressures exerted upon them. Options for management are considered and the likely consequences of taking a particular course of action highlighted. These options include traditional approaches to the conservation and management of wildlife and landscapes as well as habitat restoration. The way the value of the areas changes under different management regimes is considered mainly from an environmental perspective. Consideration is given to new approaches to management and restoration including adopting a more dynamic approach.

Audience
This book will be of interest to academics, students and professionals concerned with policy formulation and /or actively managing coastal areas.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-36
Human Occupation, Use and Abuse....Pages 37-63
Nature Conservation – Policy and Procedures....Pages 65-84
Physical States and Values – Beach/Foredune....Pages 85-100
Vegetated States and Values – Inland Dune....Pages 101-125
Trends and Trade-offs – Beach/Foredune....Pages 127-148
Trends and Trade-offs – Inland Vegetated Dune....Pages 149-176
Alien Plant Invasion....Pages 177-199
Management and Restoration – Applying Best Practice....Pages 201-239
Integrated Action – Golf Course Management....Pages 241-256
Integrated Action – Machair, Human History and Nature Intertwined....Pages 257-275
Present Threats and Future Prospects....Pages 277-297
Back Matter....Pages 299-303

✦ Subjects

Geoecology/Natural Processes; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Physical Geography; Human Geography; Ecosystems; Landscape Ecology