Overview
- Ready reference on variety of methods
- Global perspective on shoreline stabilization
- Real-life examples
- Comprehensive summary
- Timely in the societal sea level response debate
Part of the book series: Coastal Research Library (COASTALRL, volume 3)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
At the coast all is not what it seems. Decades of beachfront development have seen a variety of efforts to stabilize the shoreline to protect ill-placed beachfront property, both from shoreline erosion and from storm damage. Both of these problems become increasingly critical in a time of rising sea level. Many natural beaches are backed by sea walls, while others have been transformed by whole series of groynes, offshore breakwaters and a plethora of other schemes. Many recreational beaches are actually artificial replicas of the real thing, emplaced to protect badly placed infrastructure and maintained only through ongoing costly beach nourishment. However, all of these attempts to stabilize the shoreline are far from benign. Degradation and even complete loss of the all important recreational beach sometimes results from seawall emplacement. Increasingly, the choice of shoreline stabilization approach will depend upon plans for future response to rising seas which in many cases may involve retreat from the shoreline rather than holding the line. This book explores, through a series of case studies from around the globe, the pitfalls of shoreline stabilization and provides a ready reference for those with an interest in shoreline management. It is particularly timely in a time of global change.
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“This compendium of summaries of the impacts and unintended consequences of human attempts to stop coastal erosion … . Contributors describe human-built barriers or buffers for coastlines from a wide variety of settings, from the coast of Northern Ireland, to the Great Lakes in the US, to the Maldives. … chapters are instructive, analyze the situation, and adequately discuss approaches … . Summing Up: Recommended. … Professionals/practitioners.” (B. Ransom. Choice, Vol. 50 (6), February, 2013)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pitfalls of Shoreline Stabilization
Book Subtitle: Selected Case Studies
Editors: J. Andrew G. Cooper, Orrin H. Pilkey
Series Title: Coastal Research Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4123-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4122-5Published: 05 June 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9360-6Published: 18 July 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4123-2Published: 05 June 2012
Series ISSN: 2211-0577
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0585
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 334
Topics: Oceanography, Coastal Sciences, Biogeosciences, Physical Geography, Earth Sciences, general