Environmentally Friendly Coastal Protection: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmentally Friendly Coastal Protection Structures, ... IV
Subtitle: Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Contributors: Claus Zimmermann (Editor); Robert G. Dean (Editor); Valeri Penchev (Editor); Henk Jan Verhagen (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 5, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781402033001
Subjects: Conservation of the environment; Environmental Science; Hydraulic engineering; Nature/Ecology; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Nature; Technology & Industrial Arts; Engineering - Civil; Technology / Engineering / Civil; Coastal engineering; Coastal zone management; Congresses; Shore protection
First sentence: Major parts of the world population live and work at or near coasts (Fig. 1 ) which are subject to constant attacks from short-term and long-term changing water levels, storms, waves and currents.