Covers beach management principles and practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management. This book provides case studies from the UK, USA, New Zealand, the Mediterranean, and Latin America. It also emphasises on optimizing economic, social and environmental outcomes and reconciling competing needs in management planning for beach area. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 40. Weight in Grams: 866. . 2009. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Beach Management: Principles and Practice
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1844074358
ISBN 13: 9781844074358
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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This comprehensive book provides full coverage of beach management principles and practice, with an emphasis on needs-based management. The book provides a wealth of case studies from the UK, USA, New Zealand, the Mediterranean, and Latin America.
The emphasis throughout the book is on optimizing economic, social and environmental outcomes and reconciling competing needs in management planning for beach area. This book is an indispensable tool kit for all professionals in beach and coastal/beach zone management .
It is also a comprehensive primer for university undergraduate students in professional planning, land management, coastal geography as well as tourism and conservation planning and management.

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Allan Williams is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Swansea Metropolitan University, Wales, UK and has published more than 250 academic papers on coastal science and geography.

Anton Micallef is a full-time lecturer at the University of Malta and has consulted and published on many aspects of the coastal environment. He is also Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics, a specialised Centre of the Council of Europe's Euro-Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement

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