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Coastal risk management in a changing climate /
"Existing coastal management and defense approaches are not well suited to meet the challenges of climate change and related uncertanities. Professionals in this field need a more dynamic, systematic and multidisciplinary approach. Written by an international group of experts, Coastal Risk Asse...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kidlington, England :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Existing coastal management and defense approaches are not well suited to meet the challenges of climate change and related uncertanities. Professionals in this field need a more dynamic, systematic and multidisciplinary approach. Written by an international group of experts, Coastal Risk Assessment and Mitigation in a Changing Climate provides innovative, multidisciplinary best practices for mitigating the effects of climate change on coastal structures. Based on the Theseus program, the book includes eight study sites across Europe, with specific attention to the most vulnerable coastal environments such as deltas, estuaries and wetlands, where many large cities and industrial areas are located"-- |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (671 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780123973313 0123973317 0123973104 9780123973108 |