Large-Scale Constructions in Coastal Environments

Conflict Resolution Strategies First International Symposium April 1997, Norderney Island, Germany
Herausgegeben:Vollmer, Manfred; Grann, Henning

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book major construction projects are reviewed. The aim is to present case studies or topics which would stimulate discussion within the areas of environmental policy, economy, ethics or science. By carefully balancing the needs and interests of all involved stakeholders and by observing basic ethical principles, it is possible to resolve the conflicts and to proceed towards constructive cooperation with commonly accepted environmental objectives. The book further contains the key conclusions and recommendations resulting from the "First International Symposium on Large-Scale Constructions in Coastal Environments" held on the island of Norderney from 21-25 April 1997.

Produktdetails

• Environmental Science and Engineering
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-64184-8
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9783642641848
• ISBN-10: 3642641849
• Artikelnr.: 36116022

Inhaltsangabe

I Environmental Ethics.- 1 The Tower of Babel was a Coastal Edifice.- 2 Philosophy and Man's Responsibility for Nature.- 3 On Moral Failures in Dealing with Environmental Issues: The Europipe Experience.- 4 Coastal and Marine Protected Areas: Nature's Refuge from Large-Scale Constructions.- II Environmental Policy.- 5 Towards Developing Guidelines for Assessment, Design and Operation of Estuarine Barrages.- 6 Building Bridges to Science: Making Coastal Science Better Understood.- 7 The Control and Steering Group for the Øresund Fixed Link (KSÖ) and the Environmental Control and Monitoring Programme.- III Environmental Impact and Planning.- 8 Europipe II: Early Consultation and Selection of Environmentally Good Alternatives Pay Off.- 9 Seawater Desalination Plants: Heavy Coastal Industry.- 10 Fixed Link Projects in Denmark and Ecological Monitoring of the Øresund Fixed Link.- 11 Towards an Integrated Approach in Environmental Planning: The Europipe Experience.- IV Recourse and Coastal Management.- 12 Managing the Ecology and Economy of Modified Estuaries: The Delta Project in The Netherlands.- 13 Economics and Project Management in the Coastal Zone.- 14 An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Coastal Management.- 15 The Europipe Landfall Project.- V Environmental Science.- 16 Embankments and Their Ecological Impacts: A Case Study from the Tropical Low-Lying Coastal Plains of the Deltaic Sunderbans, India.- 17 In Situ Settling Velocities and Concentrations of Suspended Sediment in Spill Plumes, Øresund, Denmark.