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Broad Scale Coastal Simulation

New Techniques to Understand and Manage Shorelines in the Third Millennium

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Robert J. Nicholls

    1. Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Southampton, United Kingdom

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  2. Richard J. Dawson

    1. School of Civil Engineering and Geoscien Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Resear, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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  3. Sophie A. Day (née Nicholson-Cole)

    1. Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Southampton, United Kingdom

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  • A stepwise guide to the integrated assessment of coastal areas
  • Breadth of perspective applicable to global strategic coastal management
  • Includes the first quantitative assessment of the relationship between the risks of erosion and flooding
  • Real case studies deployed as examples of applied methods
  • Synthesizes lessons at both national and international levels

Part of the book series: Advances in Global Change Research (AGLO)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. The Challenge for Coastal Management During the Third Millennium

    • Richard J. Dawson, Robert J. Nicholls, Sophie A. Day (née Nicholson-Cole)
    Pages 1-78

  3. Climate Downscaling: Local Mean Sea Level, Surge and Wave Modelling

    • Judith Wolf, Jason Lowe, Tom Howard
    Pages 79-102

  4. Broad-Scale Hydrodynamic Simulation, Wave Transformation and Sediment Pathways

    • Nicolas Chini, Peter Stansby
    Pages 103-124

  5. Land Use Dynamics and Coastal Management

    • Corentin M. Fontaine, Mustafa Mokrech, Mark D. A. Rounsevell
    Pages 125-146

  6. Evaluating Broadscale Morphological Change in the Coastal Zone Using a Logic-Based Behavioural Systems Approach

    • Susan Hanson, Jon French, Tom Spencer, Iain Brown, Robert J. Nicholls, William J. Sutherland et al.
    Pages 147-165

  7. Coastal Wetland Habitats: Future Challenges and Potential Solutions

    • Mustafa Mokrech, Sarah Gardiner, Robert J. Nicholls, Andrew R. Watkinson, William J. Sutherland
    Pages 167-185

  8. Simulating the Shore and Cliffs of North Norfolk

    • Mike Walkden, Mark Dickson, James Thomas, Jim W. Hall
    Pages 187-211

  9. Broadscale Coastal Inundation Modelling

    • Xing Zheng Wu, Jim W. Hall, Qiuhua Liang, Richard J. Dawson
    Pages 213-232

  10. Analysing Flood and Erosion Risks and Coastal Management Strategies on the Norfolk Coast

    • Jim W. Hall, Richard J. Dawson, Xing Zheng Wu
    Pages 233-254

  11. Visualising Potential Coastal Change: Communicating Results Using Visualisation Techniques

    • Simon Jude, Mustafa Mokrech, Mike Walkden, James Thomas, Sotiris Koukoulas
    Pages 255-272

  12. GIS Platforms for Managing, Accessing and Integrating Model Results: The Tyndall Coastal Simulator Experience

    • Mustafa Mokrech, Robert J. Nicholls, Sophie A. Day (née Nicholson-Cole), Richard J. Dawson, Simon Jude, Sotiris Koukoulas
    Pages 273-298

  13. Many Stakeholders, Multiple Perspectives: Long-Term Planning for a Future Coast

    • Sophie A. Day (née Nicholson-Cole), Tim O’Riordan, Jessica Bryson (née Milligan), Peter Frew, Robert Young
    Pages 299-323

  14. International Opportunities for Broad Scale Coastal Simulation

    • Robert J. Nicholls, Richard J. Dawson, Sophie A. Day (née Nicholson-Cole), David Walker, Nobuo Mimura, Melissa Nursey-Bray et al.
    Pages 325-347

  15. Integrated Coastal Assessment: The Way Forward

    • Robert J. Nicholls, Richard J. Dawson, Sophie A. Day (née Nicholson-Cole), Mike Walkden, Andrew R. Watkinson, Owen Tarrant et al.
    Pages 349-378

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 379-398
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About this book

Coastal zones exemplify the environmental pressures we face: their beauty attracts settlement, they offer potential for diverse economic activities, and they are sensitive natural habitats for important species, as well as providing a range of ecosystem services. They are also extremely vulnerable to the vicissitudes of climate change, which include rising sea levels and changes in extreme events such as storms. With large populations living in coastal and estuarine cities facing the ongoing threat of inundation, coordinated management is essential, especially as coastal zones form a linked system in which piecemeal, uncoordinated management could be counterproductive.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Robert J. Nicholls, Sophie A. Day (née Nicholson-Cole)

  • School of Civil Engineering and Geoscien Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Resear, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Richard J. Dawson

About the editors

Robert Nicholls has studied coastal processes and coastal hazards for the last 25 years. In particular, he has an international reputation concerning climate change in coastal areas, especially the potential impacts and the possible responses. His research has involved studies across a range of scales from local (e.g., small towns) to the global. A distinctive dimension has been consideration of the coastal zone as a series of interacting systems which facilitates policy analysis. He has advised national governments (e.g., UK, Netherlands, Singapore, the Maldives) and intergovernmental organisations (e.g., OECD) on climate change and coastal issues, including as a lead author to five reports of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change assessment process. Currently, he is contributing to a series of research projects, including being Principal Investigator as follows:

  1. iCOASST – a NERC-funded consortium project on predicting

decadal coastal morphological evolution
  • ESPA Deltas – an ESPA (DFID/NERC/ESRC-funded) project which is examining the future of ecosystem services and human well-being in coastal Bangladesh;
  • DECCMA – a CARRIA (IDRC/DFID-funded) project which is examining adaptation to climate change in the three contrasting deltas of the Volta, Mahanadi and Ganges-Brahmaputra Deltas, with a main focus on migration.

    • He was awarded the Roger Revelle Medal by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission in 2008. This recognises ‘outstanding contributions to the ocean sciences by inspired researchers who communicate their knowledge and global vision of the challenges facing our Planet in order to shape a better future for humankind’.

    See Web page: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/about/staff/rjn.page

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