Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate

"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 Assessment and Mitigation 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"--

List of contents

1. Methodology for Risk assessment
2. Engineering Mitigation Technologies
3. Ecologically-Based Mitigation Measures
4. Socio-Economic Mitigation Measures
5. Risk Assessment and Mitigation in THESEUS Study Sites
6. Towards Sustainable Decision-Making

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Zanuttigh & Robert Nicholls, Barbara Nicholls Zanuttigh
• Assisted by: H.F. (University of Aalborg Burcharth (Editor), H.F. Falk Burcharth (Editor), H.F. Falk (University of Aalborg Burcharth (Editor), Hans Falk Burcharth (Editor), Hans Falk (University of Aalborg Burcharth (Editor), Hans Falk Burcharth (Editor), Robert Nicholls (Editor), Robert J. Nicholls (Editor), Robert J. (University of Southampton Nicholls (Editor), Nicholls Robert J. (Editor), Richard Thompson (Editor), Richard C. Thompson (Editor), Richard C. (Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre Thompson (Editor), Thompson Richard C. (Editor), Jean-Paul Vanderlinden (Editor), Jean-Paul (Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Vanderlinden (Editor), Vanderlinden Jean-Paul (Editor), Barbara Zanuttigh (Editor), Barbara (University of Bologna Zanuttigh (Editor), Zanuttigh Barbara (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2014
• EAN: 9780123973108
• ISBN: 978-0-12-397310-8
• No. of pages: 670
• Series: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydraulics, Hydraulic Engineering, Dams & reservoirs