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On the Edge: Coastlines of Britain
Robert Duck
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Description for On the Edge: Coastlines of Britain
Paperback. The building of railways has had a profound but largely ignored physical impact on Britain's coasts. This book explores the coming of railways to the edge of Britain, the ruthlessness of the companies involved and the transformation of our coasts through the destruction or damage to the environment. Num Pages: 240 pages, 55 b&w illustrations, 2 line art. BIC Classification: KNGT; RGCM; RNF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
This is a first evaluation of the physical impact of railway construction on the British coast. The building of railways has had a profound but largely ignored physical impact on Britain's coasts. This book explores the coming of railways to the edge of Britain, the ruthlessness of the companies involved and the transformation of our coasts through the destruction or damage to the environment. In many places today, railways are the first defence against the sea and similarly the embankments of long closed lines act as sea walls. It is ironic, at a time when climate change is very much ... Read more
This is a first evaluation of the physical impact of railway construction on the British coast. The building of railways has had a profound but largely ignored physical impact on Britain's coasts. This book explores the coming of railways to the edge of Britain, the ruthlessness of the companies involved and the transformation of our coasts through the destruction or damage to the environment. In many places today, railways are the first defence against the sea and similarly the embankments of long closed lines act as sea walls. It is ironic, at a time when climate change is very much ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748697625
SKU
V9780748697625
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Robert Duck
Robert Duck is Dean of the School of Environment at the University of Dundee, and Professor of Environmental Geoscience.
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