Sand Dune Conservation, Management and Restoration

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Doody, J. Patrick (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Coastal Research Library, 4
• Θέματα: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Physical geography.; Ecosystems.; Landscape ecology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Human geography.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Physical Geography.; Human Geography.; Landscape Ecology.

This book deals with the development of temperate coastal sand dunes and the way these have been influenced by human activity. The different states in which the habitat exists both for the beach/foredune and inland dune are reviewed against the pressures exerted upon them. Options for management are...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
•  1. Introduction
•  2. Human Occupation, Use and Abuse
• 3. Nature Conservation - Policy and Procedures
• 4. Physical States and Values - Beaches/Foredune
• 5. Vegetated States and Values -Inland Dune
• 6. Trends and Trade-offs - Beaches/Foredune
• 7. Trends and Trade-offs - Inland Vegetated Dune
• 8. Alien Plant Invasion
• 9. Management and Restoration - Applying Best Practice
• 10. Integrated Action - Golf Course Management
• 11. Integrated Action - Machair, Human History and Nature Intertwined
• 12. Present Threats and Future Prospects
• Index.