Peter French

Coastal and Estuarine Management (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments and explores ways in which conservation and management policies can protect this diverse and productive eco-system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134775149
• Artikelnr.: 47889052

Autorenporträt

Peter W. French is a lecturer in Physical Geography at Lancaster University, with a particular specialism in coastal processes and management. He has published work relating to many aspects of human coastal impact, including salt marsh pollution, erosional problems of borrow pit construction, human causes of coastal habitat loss, and causes of salt marsh loss in the UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction to estuarine and coastal systems 2 The physical regime of
coasts and estuaries 3 Land claim and coastal defence 4 The industrial use
of coasts and estuaries 5 Coastal development for tourism 6 Causes of
indirect impacts on the coast 7 Management frameworks for coastal and
estuarine systems; The final word