Coastal and estuarine management / Peter W. French.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

French, Peter W., 1964-

Series:

Routledge environmental management series.

Routledge environmental management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coasts.

Estuaries.

Coastal zone management.

Estuarine area conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments and explores the ways in which management and conservation policies can protect these productive and diverse ecosystems.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction to estuarine and coastal systems; The physical regime of coasts and estuaries; Land claim and coastal defence; The industrial use of coasts and estuaries; Coastal development for tourism; Causes of indirect impacts on the coast; Management frameworks for coastal and estuarine systems; The final word; References; Location index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-243) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-77514-8

1-282-77849-8

9786612778490

1-134-77515-6

0-203-43727-6

9780203437278

OCLC:

226376607