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Soft Shore Protection
. Ed(S): Goudas, Constantine; Katsiaris, George (Department Of Mathematics, University Of Patras, Greece); May, Vincent (School Of Conservation Scien
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Paperback. Editor(s): Goudas, Constantine; Katsiaris, George (Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece); May, Vincent (School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University); Karambas, Theophanis (Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece). Series: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHD; RBGL; RBK; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 660.
Global warming, melting polar caps, rising sea levels and intensifying wave-current action, factors responsible for the alarming phenomena of coastal erosion on the one hand and adverse environmental impacts and the high cost of 'hard' protection schemes, on the other, have created interest in the detailed examination of the potential and range of applicability of the emerging and promising category of 'soft' shore protection methods. 'Soft' methods such as beach nourishment, submerged breakwaters, artificial reefs, gravity drain systems, floating breakwaters, plantations of hydrophylous shrubs or even dry branches, applied mostly during the past 20 years, are recognised as possessing technical, ... Read more
Global warming, melting polar caps, rising sea levels and intensifying wave-current action, factors responsible for the alarming phenomena of coastal erosion on the one hand and adverse environmental impacts and the high cost of 'hard' protection schemes, on the other, have created interest in the detailed examination of the potential and range of applicability of the emerging and promising category of 'soft' shore protection methods. 'Soft' methods such as beach nourishment, submerged breakwaters, artificial reefs, gravity drain systems, floating breakwaters, plantations of hydrophylous shrubs or even dry branches, applied mostly during the past 20 years, are recognised as possessing technical, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
Series
Coastal Systems and Continental Margins
Number of Pages
398
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401039666
SKU
V9789401039666
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Ref
99-15
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