Coastal and Estuarine Management

The coast can no longer be left to nature to determine its fate. Wealth, property, economic interests, recreation, tourism and wildlife are all threatened.Coastal and Estuarine Managementexamines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments. Emphasizing the importance and significance of this natural resource, the uses and conflicts which occur and the results of human activity, Peter W. French explains the ways in which conservation and management policies and practices can protect this productive and diverse ecosystem. Examples and real-life case studies illustrate the effect of human intervention, both from a historic and contemporary perspective. Exposing the environmental consequences of estuarine pollution, French highlights the need for management strategies to promote a sustainable development ethic for estuaries.

List of Plates

vii

(1)

List of figures

viii

(2)

List of tables

x

(2)

List of boxes

xii

(1)

Preface

xiii

(2)

Acknowledgements

xv

1 Introduction to estuarine and coastal systems

1

(24)

Introduction

2

(6)

Types of estuarine and coastal environments

8

(6)

Human impacts on coasts and estuaries

14

(10)

Summary of Chapter 1

24

(1)

2 The physical regime of coasts and estuaries

25

(30)

Introduction

26

(1)

Wave-dominated coasts

26

(15)

Tide-dominated coasts

41

(8)

Coral reefs

49

(1)

Wind-dominated (aeolian) coasts

50

(1)

Deltaic coastlines

51

(1)

Summary of Chapter 2

52

(3)

3 Land claim and coastal defence

55

(62)

Introduction

56

(1)

History of land claim

57

(1)

Environmental implications of land claim

58

(13)

Coastal protection

71

(33)

Coastal defence management and planning

104

(6)

Managed realignment: a universal solution in soft engineering?

110

(5)

Summary of Chapter 3

115

(2)

4 The industrial use of coasts and estuaries

117

(30)

Introduction

118

(3)

Historical trends in waste disposal

121

(9)

Effects of pollution on estuaries and coasts

130

(7)

Effects of power generation

137

(8)

Summary of Chapter 4

145

(2)

5 Coastal development for tourism

147

(24)

Introduction

148

(2)

Problems of tourist development at the coast

150

(10)

Demands of the tourist industry

160

(5)

Examples of tourist impact on coastlines

165

(3)

Summary of Chapter 5

168

(3)

6 Causes of indirect impacts on the coast

171

(16)

Introduction

172

(1)

Inland causes

172

(5)

Offshore causes

177

(7)

Summary of Chapter 6

184

(3)

7 Management frameworks for coastal and estuarine systems

187

(34)

Introduction

188

(3)

The concept of coastal zone management

191

(17)

The future of the coastline

208

(9)

The way forward

217

(2)

Summary of Chapter 7

219

(2)

The final word

221

(2)

References

223

(22)

Location index

245

(3)

Subject index

248

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