Beach management : principles and practice / Allan Williams and Anton Micallef with invited case study contributors.
Whether a sunbathing beach in the Mediterranean, a surf beach in Australia, a conservation area in the UK or a wild section of wind and wave swept dunes on the Oregon coast, beaches are one of the most widely loved and heavily used and abused areas in the world. Competing social or recreational, eco...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2009.
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| Summary: | Whether a sunbathing beach in the Mediterranean, a surf beach in Australia, a conservation area in the UK or a wild section of wind and wave swept dunes on the Oregon coast, beaches are one of the most widely loved and heavily used and abused areas in the world. Competing social or recreational, economic and conservation uses and the needs of many users make beach management particularly challenging but vitally important. This comprehensive book provides full coverage of beach management principles and practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management. The book comprises two sections. Part. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 445 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-399) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849770033 1849770034 9781844074358 1844074358 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |