European Coastal Zone Management

European Coastal Zone Management

Author: Robert W. Dixon-Gough

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1351793438

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This title was first published in 2001. Management of coastal zone areas is particularly complicated due to their international nature. Focussing on European coastal zones, this volume examines the various key issues and concerns and highlights the importance of partnership approaches. It details the inter-relationship between the various organizations involved (both governmental and none-governmental), as well as appraising the current national and international legislation and possible future policies. The contributors draw on in-depth case studies from the UK, the Baltic and Hellenic coasts and discuss topics such as international conflicts within the coastal zone, the effectiveness of planning legislation and how to appraise environmental and cultural impacts of changes in coastal zone land use.


SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT: A Management Idea to Reach a Mass Audience

SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT: A Management Idea to Reach a Mass Audience

Author: A. Khurana

Publisher: Global India Publications

Published: 2009-12

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9789380228013

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The subject of scientific management has been treated comprehensively in this book. There is a continuity of presentation from chapter to chapter which especiaaly adapts the book to such a usage. This text can be used as conventional recitation course, or as background source of information for student reading in connection with lecture discussion courses. We have attempted throughout the text to bring into bold relief the fundamental principles rather than to present only an encyclopaedic compilation of undigested and sometime contradictory facts. A consistent attempt has been made to keep the discussion abreast of modern developments without neglecting concepts which have stood the test of time


Managing European Coasts

Managing European Coasts

Author: Jan Vermaat

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-01-13

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9783540234548

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This book focuses on the interchange between a selected multidisciplinary team on future coastal management in Europe. It serves as a background for the successful implementation of EC directives relevant to the coast. The study summarizes methodologies and analyses for supporting implementation of these directives and evaluates institutional and capacity requirements. It addresses issues of globalization including climate change and economic development. Integrated assessment is used and future scenarios for the coast are developed.


Disaster Management

Disaster Management

Author: Amit Awasthy

Publisher: Global India Publications

Published: 2009-12

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9788190794183

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Overall this book expands on the problematic nature of disaster management.It has done so by stressing how the basic conceptual basis of disaster management,preparedness,has little scientific grounding and is plagued by conflicting interpretations,all of which suit organisational demands rather than the potential victims needs.Further it reviews related to hazard vulnerbility,disaster event characteristcs and pre-impact emergency management interventions as determinants of disaster impacts.It illustrates global patterns in disaster risk and development and introduces the concept of sustainable development as vision for creating disaster-resilient places.Further it outlines a vision for IT-enhanced disaster management in terms of six areas of IT-based capabilities with existing IT use in disaster management and to highlight how to progress would have tangible positive impacts.


Managing European Coasts

Managing European Coasts

Author: Jan E. Vermaat

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-09-26

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 3540271503

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Coastal zones play a key role in Earth System functioning and form an “edge for society” providing a significant contribution to the life support systems. Goods and services derived from coastal systems depend strongly on multiple transboundary interactions with the land, atmosphere, open ocean and sea bottom. Increasing demands on coastal resources driven by human habitation, food security, recreation and transportation accelerate the exploitation of the coastal landscape and water bodies. Many coastal areas and human activities are subject to increasing risks from natural and man-induced hazards such as flooding resulting from major changes in hydrology of river systems that has reached a global scale. Changes in the hydrological cycle coupled with changes in land and water management alter fluxes of materials transmitted from river catchments to the coastal zone, which have a major effect on coastal ecosystems. The increasing complexity of underlying processes and forcing functions that drive changes on coastal systems are witnessed at a multiplicity of temporal and spatial scales.


Beach Management

Beach Management

Author: Anton Micallef

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1136574840

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This comprehensive book provides full coverage of beach management principles and practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management. The book provides a wealth of case studies from the UK, USA, New Zealand, the Mediterranean, and Latin America. The emphasis throughout the book is on optimizing economic, social and environmental outcomes and reconciling competing needs in management planning for beach area. This book is an indispensable tool kit for all professionals in beach and coastal/beach zone management . It is also a comprehensive primer for university undergraduate students in professional planning, land management, coastal geography as well as tourism and conservation planning and management.


Disappearing Destinations

Disappearing Destinations

Author: Andrew L. Jones

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1845935489

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Current climatic and environmental trends mean that a large number of important coastal destinations across the globe are under threat of change or gradual disappearance. Many of these locations are also significant tourist destinations, such as the Great Barrier Reef, the Everglades National Park or large swathes of the Mediterranean basin. Tourism activity both exacerbates the problem and highlights the importance of protecting these often fragile environments. This book discusses threats to, and consequences of, tourism growth and the impacts of climate change on such coastal zones. It examines policy initiatives, local and national options for managing the potential crisis and recommends steps and management options towards ameliorating projected impacts on coastal tourism infrastructure. This is an important book for researchers and students of leisure and tourism, land-use planning, environmental and coastal management and all those interested in and working with the environment, conservation and sustainability.