Description: The vast majority of the world's population is geographically situated in the coastal zone. As the world's population continues to grow, there is growing emphasis on how to evaluate, regulate, and manage the industrial, defense, and recreational uses of beaches, inlets, bays and deltas. The International Handbook of Coastal Engineering and Management promises to become a benchmark resource of information for coastal engineers, scientists, and policy-makers throughout the world. It contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of chapters on the current theories, practices, and perspectives of oceanographers and civil engineers. The individual contributors (from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States) are recognized experts from academe and industry. Eight pages of color plates are included.

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