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Managed realignment : a viable long-term coastal management strategy?

Esteves, Luciana, author

Overview

Managed realignment is a relatively new soft engineering alternative aiming to provide sustainable flood risk management with added environmental and socio-economic benefits by creating space for coastal habitats to develop more dynamically. The natural adaptive capacity of coastal habitats and the ecosystem services they provide underpin the sustainability of managed realignment. However, many definitions of managed realignment exist and the understanding of what the term actually represents in practice has evolved through time and varies regionally. This book clarifies the definitions and terminology used in the literature and proposes that managed realignment is used as a general term that encompasses the many different methods of implementation worldwide, including: removal, breach and realignment of defences; controlled tidal restoration (which includes regulated tidal exchange and controlled reduced tide); and managed retreat. These methods of implementation are explained and illustrated with examples from around the world.--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Springer
• Subject: Coastal zone management. / Earth sciences. / Physical geography.
• ISBN: 9401790280, 9789401790284, 9401790299, 9789401790291

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HT391.E884 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE