书目名称 | Managed Realignment : A Viable Long-Term Coastal Management Strategy? |
编辑 | Luciana S. Esteves |
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概述 | First book solely focused on managed realignment.Literature review on the state-of-the-art knowledge on existing projects worldwide.Offers a comparison of management approaches in the UK, European cou |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science |
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描述 | .Managed realignment has been a preferred coastal management strategy in England in the 21st century and has also been increasingly implemented elsewhere. Climate change and environmental and financial concerns have led to a shift from the traditional ‘hold-the-line’ approach of coastal protection towards more flexible soft engineering options. 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 restorat |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | climate change adaptation; coastal management; managed retreat; coastal sciences |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9029-1 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-017-9028-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-017-9029-1Series ISSN 2191-5547 Series E-ISSN 2191-5555 |
issn_series | 2191-5547 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 |