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Title Coastal Management : Global Challenges and Innovations / edited by R.R. Krishnamurthy [and three others].

Publication Info. London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019]
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Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 26, 2018).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Coastal Management: Global Challenges and Innovations focuses on the resulting problems faced by coastal areas in developing countries with a goal of helping create updated management and tactical approaches for researchers, field practitioners, planners and policymakers. This book gathers, compiles and interprets recent developments, starting from paleo-coastal climatic conditions, to current climatic conditions that influence coastal resources. Chapters included cover almost all aspects of coastal area management, including sustainability, coastal communities, hazards, ocean currents and environmental monitoring. Contains contributions from a global pool of authors with a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, making this an authoritative and compelling referencePresents the appropriate tools used in monitoring and controlling coastal management, including innovative approaches towards community participation and the implementation of bottom-up tacticsIncludes case studies from across the world, allowing for a thorough comparison of situations in both developing and developed countries"-- Provided by publisher
Contents <P>1. Global Coasts in the Face of Disasters 2. Special Coastal Management Area Concept Experience in Sri Lanka 3. Coastal Development: Construction of a Public Policy for the Shores and Seas of Mexico 4. Governance of the Nautical Sector on the Coasts of Bahias de Hautulco in Oaxaca, Mexico 5. Sustainable Coastal Management for Socio-Ecological Systems -- A Typology Approach in Indonesia 6. Evaluation and Management Strategies of Tourist Beaches in the Pacific Coast: A Case Study from Acapulco and Huantulco, Mexico. 7. Evaluation of Decadal Shoreline Changes in the Coastal Region of Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia 8. A View to South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal Coast: Stressors and Coastal Management 9. Integral Management of the Coastal Zone to Solve the Problems of Erosion in Las Glorias Beach, Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico 10. An Innovative Technique of Tidal River Sediment Management to Solve the Waterlogging Problem in Southwestern Bangladesh 11. Coastal and Marine Biodiversity of India: Challenges for Convervation13. Implication and Management of Coastal Salinity for Sustainable Community Livelihood: Case Study from the Indian Sundarban Delta 12. Fostering Climate Change Mitgation Through a Community-Based Approach: Carbon Stock Potential of Community Managed Mangroves in the Philippines 13. Importance of Seagrass Management for Effective Mitigation of Climate Change 14. Managing Mangrove Forests Using Open Source-Based WebGIS 15. Ecological Studies in the Coastal Waters of Kalpakkam, East Coast of India, Bay of Bengal 16. Management of Coastal Groundwater Resources 17. Practices of Tsunami Evacuation Planning in Padang, Indonesia 18. Numerical Analysis of Changes in Ocean Currents and Density Structures in Miyako Bay, Japan, Before and After the Great East Japan Earthquake 19. Assessment of Potential Oil Spill Risk Vishakhaptnam on the East Coast of India: Integrated Approach for Coastal Management 20. Using Low Cost UAVs for Environmental Monitoring, Mapping and Modelling: Examples from the Coastal Zone</p>
Subject Coastal zone management -- Developing countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Coastal zone management
Developing countries
Added Author Krishnamurthy, R. R., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Coastal Management. London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019] 0128104732 9780128104736 (OCoLC)1032027043
ISBN 9780128104750 (electronic bk.)
0128104759 (electronic bk.)
9780128104736
0128104732
Standard No. AU@ 000064511049
AU@ 000065067081
AU@ 000065428568
UKMGB 019132890

 
    
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