Managing European Coasts Past, Present and Future /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vermaat, Jan (Editor), Salomons, Wim (Editor), Bouwer, Laurens (Editor), Turner, Kerry (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Geography.; Geochemistry.; Oceanography.; Geobiology.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Biogeosciences.

Coastal zones play a key role in Earth System functioning and form an “edge for society” providing a significant contribution to the life support systems. Goods and services derived from coastal systems depend strongly on multiple transboundary interactions with the land, atmosphere, open ocean and...