Coastal defences: processes, problems and solutions/
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London ; New York:
Routledge,
2001
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Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of plates
- List of boxes
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. Introduction to coastal defences
- 2. Role of coastal processes in coastal defence management
- Part II. Hard approaches to coastal defence
- 3. Sea walls and revetments
- 4. Groynes and jetties: shore normal structures
- 5. Cliff stabilization
- 6. Offshore structures: breakwaters and sills
- Part III. Soft approaches to coastal defence
- 7. Beach feeding
- 8. Dune building
- 9. Increasing sedimentation in mudflat environments
- 10. Managed realignment
- Part IV. Coastal defences in a changing environment
- 11. Coastal defences revisited
- 12. Coastal defences in the future
- References
- Subject index
- Geographical index