Coastlines

From the bestselling author of Wintering, Katherine May, The Electricity of Every Living Thing is a life-affirming and poignant exploration of nature, and how reconnecting to wild landscapes can create peace in our unquiet minds.

Pirates and smugglers, ghost ships and sea-serpents, fishermen s prayers and sailors rituals the coastline of the British Isles plays host to an astonishingly rich variety of local legends, customs, and superstitions.

A celebration of the wildlife and landscapes of Britain's most vital wildlife habitats those that make up our coastline.

A celebration of the wildlife and landscapes of Britain's most vital wildlife habitats those that make up our coastline.

The first comprehensive tool-kit for coastal planners and those aiming to achieve effective coastal management worldwide.

The first comprehensive tool-kit for coastal planners and those aiming to achieve effective coastal management worldwide.

This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them.

This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them.

Geoinformatics for Marine and Coastal Management provides a timely and valuable assessment of the current state of the art geoinformatics tools and methods for the management of marine systems.

Living Shorelines: The Science and Management of Nature-based Coastal Protection compiles, synthesizes and interprets the current state of the knowledge on the science and practice of nature-based shoreline protection.

Invisible as the seas and oceans may be for so many of us, life as we know it is almost always connected to, and constituted by, activities and occurrences that take place in, on and under our oceans.

Invisible as the seas and oceans may be for so many of us, life as we know it is almost always connected to, and constituted by, activities and occurrences that take place in, on and under our oceans.

The book is about the colonization of the Sunderbans that began with the coming of the British.

The book is about the colonization of the Sunderbans that began with the coming of the British.

Coastal Zone Management Handbook comprises the first complete manual on coastal resource planning and management technology.

Coastal Zone Management Handbook comprises the first complete manual on coastal resource planning and management technology.

The second edition of Environmental Oceanography is the first textbook to link the needs of the coastal oceanographer and the environmental practitioner.

The second edition of Environmental Oceanography is the first textbook to link the needs of the coastal oceanographer and the environmental practitioner.

This text explores the spatial variation and seasonality in growth and reproduction of "e;Enhalus acoroides"e; (L.

The innovation in space technologies has generated a new method for observing and monitoring tsunamis from space.

The innovation in space technologies has generated a new method for observing and monitoring tsunamis from space.

Offshore wind farms are being developed on a major scale around the UK coastline as part of the drive to increase renewable energy production.

Offshore wind farms are being developed on a major scale around the UK coastline as part of the drive to increase renewable energy production.

Physical Oceanographic Processes of the Great Barrier Reef is the first comprehensive volume describing the water circulation and its influence in controlling the distribution of marine life on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.

These books are divided into two volumes.

These books are divided into two volumes.

Physical Oceanographic Processes of the Great Barrier Reef is the first comprehensive volume describing the water circulation and its influence in controlling the distribution of marine life on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.

These books are divided into two volumes.

These books are divided into two volumes.

As coastal populations burgeon, problems of erosion, pollution and coastal change are becoming ever more serious and necessitate scientifically informed management strategies.

As coastal populations burgeon, problems of erosion, pollution and coastal change are becoming ever more serious and necessitate scientifically informed management strategies.

Issues of sustainability and increased competition over coastal resources are changing practices of resource management.

Issues of sustainability and increased competition over coastal resources are changing practices of resource management.

The vast majority of the world's population lives on or near the coast.

The vast majority of the world's population lives on or near the coast.

Following the British withdrawal in 1971, the Gulf Region entered a heady period of political restructuring, awash with oil money that helped fund national aspirations.

Following the British withdrawal in 1971, the Gulf Region entered a heady period of political restructuring, awash with oil money that helped fund national aspirations.

A multidisciplinary review of salt marshes, describing how they function and respond to external pressures such as sea-level rise.

A multidisciplinary review of salt marshes, describing how they function and respond to external pressures such as sea-level rise.

In port cities around the world, waterfront development projects have been hailed both as spaces of promise and as crucial territorial wedges in twenty-first century competitive growth strategies.

In port cities around the world, waterfront development projects have been hailed both as spaces of promise and as crucial territorial wedges in twenty-first century competitive growth strategies.

Because marine governance in most countries is sectoral, maritime policies are frequently fragmented, reactive, and even contradictory, meaning that marine resources are underutilized and poorly protected.

Because marine governance in most countries is sectoral, maritime policies are frequently fragmented, reactive, and even contradictory, meaning that marine resources are underutilized and poorly protected.

This comprehensive book provides full coverage of beach management principles and practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management.

This comprehensive book provides full coverage of beach management principles and practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management.

The marine environment is one of our most precious yet fragile natural resources.

The marine environment is one of our most precious yet fragile natural resources.

In this new and highly original textbook for a range of interdisciplinary courses and degree programmes focusing on marine and coastal resource management, readers are offered an introduction to the subject matter, a broad perspective and understanding, case study applications, and a reference source.

In this new and highly original textbook for a range of interdisciplinary courses and degree programmes focusing on marine and coastal resource management, readers are offered an introduction to the subject matter, a broad perspective and understanding, case study applications, and a reference source.

In this innovative volume, the author addresses some important challenges related to the effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas (MPAs).