Overview
- The first book that deals with coastal dune restoration from a global perspective
- Written by experts
- Includes a glossary explaining relevant terms
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Environmental Management (SSEM)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Restoring Foredunes
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Restoring Inland Coastal Dunes: Dunefields and Wetslacks
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The Costs of Coastal Dune Restoration and Ecosystem Services
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About this book
The continuously growing human population along the world’s coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy shores and coastal dunes will require significant restoration efforts because they are preferred sites for human settlement, industrial and urban development and tourism.
With this book experts in the field present a comprehensive review of restoration studies and activities, where ‘successful’ and ‘failed’ studies or approaches from around the world are contrasted and compared. A major asset the book provides is a compendium of studies showing that coastal dune restoration has many definitions and thus leads to many different actions.
This volume addresses those with an interest in conservation ecology and biology, coastal dune dynamics and geomorphology, and coastal management who are seeking information on the different strategies for coastal dune restoration applied in different regions of the world. Finally, it will be a valuable resource for coastal scientists and planners, as well as for local and state officials, residents of coastal communities, environmental advocates and developers.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Restoration of Coastal Dunes
Editors: M. Luisa Martínez, Juan B. Gallego-Fernández, Patrick A. Hesp
Series Title: Springer Series on Environmental Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33445-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-33444-3Published: 07 February 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44675-7Published: 07 March 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-33445-0Published: 30 January 2013
Series ISSN: 0172-6161
Series E-ISSN: 2512-5559
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 347
Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Geomorphology, Geoecology/Natural Processes