Coastal Zone Management

Global Perspectives, Regional Processes, Local Issues

Mu Ramkumar, Arthur James, David Menier, K Kumaraswamy
Elsevier S&T
568 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0128143506
November 2018

Coastal Zone Management: Global Perspectives, Regional Processes, Local Issues brings together a vast range of interdisciplinary data on coastal zones in a concise, yet exhaustive format that will be useful to students, researchers, and teachers. The book contains several focused sections, all of which include individual chapters written by subject experts with considerable experience in their fields of research. Each chapter presents the latest research and status of its focus, with a concluding endnote on future trends. Topics covered in the book include the sea level and climate changes, evolution of coastlines, land-use dynamics and coastal hazards mitigation and management.