Climate Change and the Coast

Building Resilient Communities

• Author(s): Bruce Glavovic, Mick Kelly, Robert Kay, Ailbhe Travers,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 596
• ISBN_10: 1482288583
  ISBN_13: 9781482288582
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Technology & Engineering / Civil / General , Technology & Engineering / Civil / Dams & Reservoirs , Science / Earth Sciences / General , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General , Science / Earth Sciences / Geography ,

Description:... Coastal communities are at the frontline of a changing climate. Escalating problems created by sea-level rise, a greater number of severe coastal storms, and other repercussions of climate change will exacerbate already pervasive impacts resulting from rapid coastal population growth and intensification of development. To prosper in the coming deca