Coastal Engineering
Subtitle: Process, Theory and Design Practice
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: November 3, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780415268417
First sentence: The coastline has been 'engineered' for many centuries, initially for the development of ports and maritime trade or fishing harbours to support local communities, for example, the Port of A-ur built on the Nile prior to 3000 BC and nearby on the open coast the Port of Pharos around 2000 BC.