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Informationen zum Autor Karl F. Nordstrom is a Professor at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, where he has been teaching for over 30 years. His distinguished career of research into beaches and dunes in oceans and estuarine environments includes receiving Fulbright Senior Scholar Awards (Germany) in 1999 and 2006, and the Grove Karl Gilbert Award for Excellence in Geomorphological Research in 2001. He has worked in the USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, and Germany, and has published numerous books, including Beaches and Dunes of Developed Coasts, also by Cambridge University Press in 2000. He has contributed to over 80 articles in journals and over 40 chapters in books and edited symposia. He is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Coastal Research and is a member of several professional associations on coastal environments and beach preservation. Klappentext This book identifies restoration strategies for beach and dune conservation and discusses ways to educate and involve stakeholders. Zusammenfassung This book identifies restoration strategies for beaches and dunes! and discusses ways to educate stakeholders in physical! economic! social and ethical principles in addition to ecological values. Written for coastal scientists! engineers! and policy makers! it is also a reference text for courses in coastal management and environmental ethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The need for restoration; 2. Beach nourishment and impacts; 3. Dune building practices and impacts; 4. Restoring processes! structure and functions on developed coasts; 5. Options in spatially restricted environments; 6. A locally-based program for beach and dune restoration; 7. Stakeholder interests! conflicts and cooperation; 8. Research needs; References; Index.
