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"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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zanuttigh, Barbara (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kidlington, England : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2015.
Temas:
Coastal zone management > Case studies.
Coast changes > Risk assessment > Case studies.
Climatic changes > Risk assessment > Case studies.
Coastal engineering > Case studies.
Littoral > Am�enagement > �Etudes de cas.
Littoral > Modifications > �Evaluation du risque > �Etudes de cas.
Climat > Changements > �Evaluation du risque > �Etudes de cas.
Travaux maritimes > �Etudes de cas.
Climatic changes > Risk assessment
Coastal engineering
Coastal zone management
Case studies
Case studies.
�Etudes de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FrontCover; Copyright; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; 1.3 This Book; References; 2.5 Flood Damage; 2.6 The Social Context of Flooding at the Coast; 2.7 Coastal Habitats Within the Flood System; 2.8 The Physical Context of Flooding at the Coast; 2.10 Capturing Future Changes; 2.11 Conclusions; References; References; References; 6.2 Efficiency, Equity, and Sustainability of Mitigation Options; Acknowledgments; 7.2
  • Mitigating Flood and Erosion Risk using Sediment Management for a Tourist City: Varna, Bulgaria; 7.2.3 Mitigation Measures.
  • 7.2.4 Planning the Best Combination of Defense Strategies7.2.5 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations; Acknowledgments; 7.3
  • Coastal Wetlands in the Yangtze Estuary, China; 7.3.1 Description of the Site; 7.3.2 Existing Management; 7.3.3 Coastal Wetlands in the Yangtze Estuary; 7.4.6 Strategic Management (in the Short, Mid, and Long Term); 7.4.7 Policy Implications and Overall Conclusions and Recommendations; 7.5
  • Flood Hazard Mitigation in a Heavily Modified Estuary, the Elbe Estuary, Germany; 7.5.1 Description of the Site; 7.5.2 Physical Characteristics.
  • 7.5.3 Historical Development of the Estuary7.5.4 The Flood System within the Elbe Estuary; 7.5.5 Flood Mapping for HafenCity; 7.5.6 Mitigation Measures; 7.5.7 Strategic Management; 7.5.8 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations; Acknowledgments; 7.6
  • Risk Assessment and Mitigation in a Low-lying Coastal Area: Cesenatico, Northern Italy; 7.6.1 Characterization of the Site; 7.6.2 Risk Modeling; 7.6.3 Identification of Mitigation Options; 7.6.4 Preliminary Design of Mitigation Options; 7.6.5 Selection of the Portfolio of Mitigation Measures; 7.6.6 Impacts of the Portfolio of Mitigation Options.
  • 7.6.7 Strategic Management and Policy Implications7.7
  • Balancing Flood and Erosion Risk with Landscape Sustainability: Cancun, Mexico; 7.7.1 Description of the Site; 7.7.2 Characterization of the Flood System; 7.7.3 Application of the SPRC Model; 7.7.4 Risk Mitigation Measures; 7.7.5 Strategic Management; Acknowledgments; 7.8
  • Flood and Erosion Management on a Dynamic Spit: the Hel Peninsula, Poland; 7.8.1 Description of the Site; 7.8.2 The Current Flood System; 7.8.3 Application of the SPRC Model; 7.8.4 Meteomarine Climate: Present Conditions and Long-Term Trends; 7.8.5 Flood Mapping.
  • 7.8.6 Erosion Scenarios7.8.7 Mitigation Measures; 7.8.8 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations; 7.9
  • Flooding and Erosion Risk Analysis in Santander Bay, Spain; 7.9.1 Description of the Site; 7.9.2 The Coastal System; 7.9.3 Flood and Erosion Risk Modeling; 7.9.4 Mitigation Measures; 7.9.5 Cost and Benefit Analysis for the Mitigation Measures; 7.9.6 Policy Implications; 7.9.7 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations; 7.10
  • Teign Estuary, South Devon, UK: Stakeholder-Led Mitigation; 7.10.1 Description of the Site; 7.10.2 Settlements; 7.10.3 Habitats and Ecology.

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