Beach Management: Principles and Practice - Rilegato

Williams, Allan; Micallef, Anton

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ISBN 10: 1844074358 ISBN 13: 9781844074358

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2009

Riassunto

This comprehensive book provides full coverage of beach management principles and practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management. The book provides a wealth of case studies from the UK, USA, New Zealand, the Mediterranean, and Latin America. The emphasis throughout the book is on optimizing economic, social and environmental outcomes and reconciling competing needs in management planning for beach area. This book is an indispensable tool kit for all professionals in beach and coastal/beach zone management . It is also a comprehensive primer for university undergraduate students in professional planning, land management, coastal geography as well as tourism and conservation planning and management.

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Recensione:

'Williams and Micallef give a unique overview, which is based on their long and worldwide experience.' Frank van der Meulen, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education 'An excellent reference text.' Travel Law Quarterly 'Beach Management is unquestionably an important resource for individuals who wish to learn about a wide variey of protection and conservation strategies for sustainable management of these dynamic, fragile habitats.' P.R. Pinet, Colgate University, Choice, 2010.

L'autore:

Allan Williams is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Swansea Metropolitan University, Wales, UK and has published more than 250 academic papers on coastal science and geography. Anton Micallef is a full-time lecturer at the University of Malta and has consulted and published on many aspects of the coastal environment. He is also Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics, a specialised Centre of the Council of Europe's Euro-Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1844074358
• ISBN 13: 9781844074358
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 480