Coastal and Marine Geo-Information Systems Applying the Technology to the Environment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Green, David R. (Editor), King, Stephen D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
• Series: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, 4
• Subjects: Geography.; Science.; Information storage and retrieval.; Geographical information systems.; Remote sensing.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Science, general.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Environmental Management.

The emphasis now placed on the concept of sediment cells as boundaries for coastal defence groups, and the development of SMPs, should help CPAs realise the importance of natural processes at the coast when designing defence and protection schemes. However, this will only be the case where defence g...