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Author | : M. L. Martínez |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2007-09-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3540740023 |
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In this book, coastal dune specialists from tropical and temperate latitudes cover a wide set of topics, including: geomorphology, community dynamics, ecophysiology, biotic interactions and environmental problems and conservation. The book offers recommendations for future research, identifying relevant topics where detailed knowledge is still lacking. It also identifies management tools that will promote and maintain the rich diversity of the dune environments in the context of continuing coastal development.
Author | : Luisa M Martínez |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2013-01-30 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3642334458 |
Download Restoration of Coastal Dunes Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The continuously growing human population along the world’s coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy shores and coastal dunes will require significant restoration efforts because they are preferred sites for human settlement, industrial and urban development and tourism. With this book experts in the field present a comprehensive review of restoration studies and activities, where ‘successful’ and ‘failed’ studies or approaches from around the world are contrasted and compared. A major asset the book provides is a compendium of studies showing that coastal dune restoration has many definitions and thus leads to many different actions. This volume addresses those with an interest in conservation ecology and biology, coastal dune dynamics and geomorphology, and coastal management who are seeking information on the different strategies for coastal dune restoration applied in different regions of the world. Finally, it will be a valuable resource for coastal scientists and planners, as well as for local and state officials, residents of coastal communities, environmental advocates and developers.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0813711045 |
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Author | : Karl F. Nordstrom |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
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Coastal Dunes Form and Process Edited by Karl F. Nordstrom Norbert Psuty Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA and Bill Carter Department of Environmental Studies, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland Coastal Morphology and Research Series Series Editor: Eric C. F. Bird This book deals with the formation and establishment of coastal dunes--considering both forms and processes in a wide variety of environments. These landforms are among the most sensitive to environmental change, yet they provide extensive protection against both short-term erosion and flooding and long-term sea-level rise. Until now, there has not been any major book to deal specifically with coastal dunes. The current volume surveys a range of dune features, such as the ephemeral characteristics in the rapidly subsiding Mississippi delta, the extensive sand sheets of Australia and South Africa and the Holocene dunes of Western Europe and North America. This book will provide essential background information for ecological and management studies of coastal dunes. It will be of immense value to geomorphologists, ecologists and other environmental scientists who work on the management of coastal dunes.
Author | : M. Anwar Maun |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2009-03-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0191547093 |
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Coastal zones are becoming increasingly topical (and politically sensitive) as they face relentless pressures from urban expansion, recreational development, and sea level rise due to climate change. This timely book provides a comprehensive introduction to the formation, dynamics, maintenance, and perpetuation of coastal sand dune systems. It describes the interactions between living organisms and the physical processes of geomorphology. A global range of examples enhance the book's international appeal. Based on the research presented in this book, simple to complex field studies and experiments could be designed at undergraduate and graduate levels to illustrate various biological principles. This accessible book is intended for a diverse audience; as an invaluable reference for researchers who study coastal dune systems and for novice researchers requiring a sound introduction to the subject. This book is suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in coastal zone management, plant ecology, restoration ecology, and conservation biology, as well as the many professional ecologists and conservation biologists requiring a concise but authoritative overview of the topic. The book also will be of relevance and use to coastal managers, planners, naturalists, and anyone pursuing a greater understanding of coastal sand dunes.
Author | : Karl F. Nordstrom |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2021-12-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1316516156 |
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New edition presents progress made to practices, additional case studies, and emerging issues, for coastal scientists, engineers, planners.
Author | : M. Anwar Maun |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2009-03-05 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 019857035X |
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A concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of coastal sand dunes. The emphasis in this book is on the organisms that dominate this predominantly marine environment, although pollution, conservation, management and experimental aspects are considered.
Author | : William S.. Cooper |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Physical geography |
ISBN | : 0813710723 |
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Author | : Alfred M. Wiedemann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Coastal ecology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nicholas Lancaster |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2020-05-20 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3030404986 |
Download Inland Dunes of North America Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Inland sand dunes are widespread in North America and are found from the North Slope of Alaska to the Sonoran Desert in northern Mexico and from the Delmarva Peninsula in the east to Southern California in the west. In this edited book, we highlight recent research on areas of inland dunes that span a range from those that are actively accumulating in current conditions of climate and sediment supply to those that were formed in past conditions and are now degraded relict systems. This book will be of interest to researchers and scholars of physical geography, geomorphology, environmental sciences, and earth sciences. Contributions include detailed analyses of individual active dune systems at White Sands, New Mexico; Great Sand Dunes, Colorado; and the Laurentian Great Lakes; as well as the vegetation-stabilized dunes of the Nebraska Sand Hills and the Colorado Plateau. Additional chapters discuss the widespread partially vegetated dune systems of the central and southern Great Plains; the relict dunes of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the eastern USA; and active and stabilized dunes of the Colorado Plateau and the southwestern deserts of the USA and northern Mexico.