French, Peter W.,  1964- <br/><br/>
Coastal defences :  processes, problems and solutions / 
Peter W. French. 
 - xvii, 366 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> List of figures --  List of tables --  List of plates --  List of boxes --  Acknowledgements --  Introduction --  Introduction to coastal defences --  Role of coastal processes in coastal defence management --  Hard approaches to coastal defence --  Sea walls and revetments --  Groynes and jetties: shore normal structures --  Cliff stabilisation --  Offshore structures: breakwaters and sills --  Soft approaches to coastal defence --  Beach feeding --  Dune building --  Increasing sedimentation in mudflat environments --  Managed realignment --  Coastal defences in a changing environment --  Coastal defences revisited --  Coastal defences in the future --  References --  Subject index --  Geographical index.  Pt. I.  1.  2.  Pt. II.  3.  4.  5.  6.  Pt. III.  7.  8.  9.  10.  Pt. IV.  11.  12. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415198453 (pbk.) 0415198445 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00051834 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Shore protection
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TC330.  / F74 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>627.58