Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate Zanuttigh Nicholls Vanderlinden

Coastal Risk Management in a Changing ClimateAuthor(s): Barbara Zanuttigh, Robert J. Nicholls, Jean-Paul Vanderlinden, Richard C. Thompson, Hans Falk Burcharth\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, United States\nImprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Inc\nISBN-13: 9780123973108, 978-0123973108\nSynopsis\nExisting coastal management and defense approaches are not well suited to meet the challenges of climate change and related uncertanities. Professionals in this field need a more dynamic, systematic and multidisciplinary approach. Written by an international group of experts, Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate provides innovative, multidisciplinary best practices for mitigating the effects of climate change on coastal structures. Based on the Theseus program, the book includes eight study sites across Europe, with specific attention to the most vulnerable coastal environments such as deltas, estuaries and wetlands, where many large cities and industr.