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Coastal defences : processes, problems and solutions / Peter W. French.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2001Description: xvii, 366 p. : illISBN:
  • 0415198453 (pbk.)
  • 0415198445
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 627.58
LOC classification:
  • TC330. F74 2001
Contents:
List of figures -- List of tables -- List of plates -- List of boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Introduction to coastal defences -- 2. Role of coastal processes in coastal defence management -- Pt. II. Hard approaches to coastal defence -- 3. Sea walls and revetments -- 4. Groynes and jetties: shore normal structures -- 5. Cliff stabilisation -- 6. Offshore structures: breakwaters and sills -- Pt. III. Soft approaches to coastal defence -- 7. Beach feeding -- 8. Dune building -- 9. Increasing sedimentation in mudflat environments -- 10. Managed realignment -- Pt. IV. Coastal defences in a changing environment -- 11. Coastal defences revisited -- 12. Coastal defences in the future -- References -- Subject index -- Geographical index.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 627.58 FRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A285442B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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