Coastal Hazards

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Finkl, Charles W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Coastal Research Library, 1000
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Coasts.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Coastal Sciences.; Physical Geography.

This book covers the gamut of coastal hazards that result from short-term low-frequency events and have high-magnitude and far-reaching impacts on coastal zones the world over. Much of the world’s population now lives in low-lying coastal zones that are inherently vulnerable to natural hazards such...