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" Managing coastal vulnerability / "
edited by Loraine McFadden, Robert J. Nicholls and Edmund Penning-Rowsell.
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BL
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1009667
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b764037
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Managing coastal vulnerability /\ edited by Loraine McFadden, Robert J. Nicholls and Edmund Penning-Rowsell.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;Oxford :: Elsevier,, 2007.
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xviii, 262 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0080447031
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: 9780080447032
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover -- Managing Coastal Vulnerability -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Setting the Parameters: A Framework for Developing Cross-Cutting Perspectives of Vulnerability for Coastal Zone Management -- Introduction -- Themes within this Volume -- A Simple Route Map through this Volume -- References -- Chapter 2. Vulnerability Analysis: A Useful Concept for Coastal Management? -- Introduction -- Principles for Conceptualising Vulnerability within CZM -- Vulnerability as a Comprehensive, Systems-Based Analysis -- Vulnerability Analysis -- Wider Usefulness for CZM? -- References -- Chapter 3. More or Less than Words? Vulnerability as Discourse -- Introduction -- How Can it be Useful? -- Vulnerability and Language -- A Typology of Vulnerability -- Assessment -- References -- Chapter 4. The Natural Resilience of Coastal Systems: Primary Concepts -- Introduction -- Vulnerability and Resilience -- The Coastal System -- Differences in the Response of Coastal Systems -- Equilibrium and the Resilience of Coastal Systems -- Coral Reefs and the Resilience of Reef Systems -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5. Integrating Knowledge for Assessing Coastal Vulnerability to Climate Change -- Introduction -- The Evolution of Methodologies for Assessing Coastal Vulnerability -- A Formal Framework of Vulnerability -- The DIVA Method -- The Case of DINAS-COAST -- Conclusions and Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6. The Vulnerability and Sustainability of Deltaic Coasts: The Case of the Ebro Delta, Spain -- Introduction -- A Flux-Based Assessment of Vulnerability for the Geomorphic Component -- A Functionally Based Assessment of Vulnerability -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7. Local Communities under Threat: Managed Realignment at Corton Village, Suffolk -- Introduction -- Corton Case Study Area and Research Methods -- Policy Change and Uncertainty in Corton -- Preferences for the Options -- Barriers to Managed Realignment at Corton and Elsewhere -- Overcoming Barriers to Managed Realignment at Corton and Elsewhere -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 8. The Indian Ocean Tsunami: Local Resilience in Phuket -- Coastal Vulnerability and Livelihood Recovery -- Coastal Livelihoods through Tourism in Thailand -- Reducing Disaster Impact by Ensuring Local Livelihoods -- The Informal Sector in Thailand and the Southern Region -- The Impact of the Tsunami on the Tourism Industry -- Recovery and Adaptation Strategies -- Conclusion -- Recovery and Adaptation as Resilience -- Note on Fieldwork -- References -- Chapter 9. Vulnerability of the New York City Metropolitan Area to Coastal Hazards, Including Sea-Level Rise: Inferences for Urban Coastal Risk Management and Adaptation Policies -- Introduction -- Vulnerability of the New York City Metropolitan Area to Sea-Level Rise -- Coastal Risk Management and Adaptation Issues -- Conclusions -- Chapter 10. Promoting Sustainable Resilience in Coastal Andhra Pradesh -- Introduction -- Setting the Context of Vulnerability in Coastal Andhra Pradesh -- The Allocation and Distribution of Resources -- A Crucial Factor in Social Vulnerability -- Promot.
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Coastal zone management.
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Coastal zone management.
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Kuster.
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Naturkatastrofer.
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Küstenschutz.
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Naturkatastrophe.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.917
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HT391.M358 2007
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43.31bcl
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McFadden, Loraine.
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Nicholls, Robert J.
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Penning-Rowsell, Edmund C., (Edmund Charles),1946-
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