Beach and Dune Restoration

2. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-316-51615-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 684 g

This new edition - now with Nancy Jackson as a co-author - continues the themes of the first edition: the need to restore the biodiversity, ecosystem health, and ecosystem services provided by coastal landforms and habitats, especially in the light of climate change. The second edition reports on progress made on practices identified in the first edition, presents additional case studies, and addresses new and emerging issues. It analyzes the tradeoffs involved in restoring beaches and dunes - especially on developed coasts - the most effective approaches to use, and how stakeholders can play an active role. The concept of restoration is broad, and includes physical, ecological, economic, social, and ethical principles and ideals. The book will be valuable for coastal scientists, engineers, planners, and managers, as well as shorefront residents. It will also serve as a useful supplementary reference textbook in courses dealing with issues of coastal management and ecology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nordstrom, Karl F.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Jackson, Nancy L.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Physische Geographie und Topographie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeresbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Meeres- und Süßwassersäuger

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Need for Restoration; 2. Beach Nourishment and Impacts; 3. Dune Building Practices and Impacts; 4. Restoring Processes, Structure and Functions; 5. Altering or Removing Shore Protection Structures; 6. Options in Spatially Restricted Environments; 7. Stakeholder Interests, Conflicts and Cooperation; 8. A Locally Based Program for Beach and Dune Restoration; 9. Research Needs; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jackson, Nancy L.
Nancy L. Jackson is a Professor Emerita in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has 30 years of research experience on beach and dune systems. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological Society of America, and a past Fulbright Distinguished Chair and Scholar. She has published over 100 scholarly articles.

Nordstrom, Karl F.
Karl F. Nordstrom is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University. He has 45 years of experience in conducting coastal research. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological Society of America. His books include Estuarine Beaches, Beaches and Dunes of Developed Coasts and Beach and Dune Restoration. He has published over 160 scholarly articles.