The coastal zone is subject to strong pressures from a large number of users. Populations are migrating to it in large numbers. Industry wants to exploit it for its space, water and manpower. Aggregate miners want to exploit mineral resources and health centers are multiplying. It is a favorite area for tourism and recreation worldwide. The zone can boom economically. However, coastlines are progressively receding worldwide, making the zone fragile, vulnerable, and unstable. The book presents methods of coastal protection and beach restoration and offers solutions to the various problems.

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Book Title: Coastal Erosion
Book Subtitle: Response and Management
Authors: Roger H. Charlier, Christian P. Meyer
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0011384
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-60022-0Published: 18 November 1997
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-49405-8Published: 22 November 2005
Series ISSN: 0930-0317
Series E-ISSN: 1613-2580
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 352
Topics: Oceanography, Geology, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences

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