Broad Scale Coastal Simulation: New Techniques to Understand and Manage Shorelines in the Third Millennium

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    Broad Scale Coastal Simulation: New Techniques to Understand and Manage Shorelines in the Third Millennium Editors: Richard J. Dawson, Sophie A. Day , Robert J. Nicholls Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Springer
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    Pages: 398 Illustrations and other contents: 94 Illustrations, color; 59 Illustrations, black and white; XXI, 398 p. 153 illus., 94 illus. in color. With online files/update. Language: English ISBN: 9789400752573 Categories: , , , , ,

    Coastal zones exemplify the environmental pressures we face: their beauty attracts settlement, they offer potential for diverse economic activities, and they are sensitive natural habitats for important species, as well as providing a range of ecosystem services. They are also extremely vulnerable to the vicissitudes of climate change, which include rising sea levels and changes in extreme events such as storms. With large populations living in coastal and estuarine cities facing the ongoing threat of inundation, coordinated management is essential, especially as coastal zones form a linked system in which piecemeal, uncoordinated management could be counterproductive.

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    Author Biography

    Robert Nicholls has studied coastal processes and coastal hazards for the last 25 years. In particular, he has an international reputation concerning climate change in coastal areas, especially the potential impacts and the possible responses. His research has involved studies across a range of scales from local (e.g., small towns) to the global. A distinctive dimension has been consideration of the coastal zone as a series of interacting systems which facilitates policy analysis. He has advised national governments (e.g., UK, Netherlands, Singapore, the Maldives) and intergovernmental organisations (e.g., OECD) on climate change and coastal issues, including as a lead author to five reports of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change assessment process. Currently, he is contributing to a series of research projects, including being Principal Investigator as follows: iCOASST – a NERC-funded consortium project on predicting decadal coastal morphological evolution ESPA Deltas – an ESPA (DFID/NERC/ESRC-funded) project which is examining the future of ecosystem services and human well-being in coastal Bangladesh; DECCMA – a CARRIA (IDRC/DFID-funded) project which is examining adaptation to climate change in the three contrasting deltas of the Volta, Mahanadi and Ganges-Brahmaputra Deltas, with a main focus on migration. He was awarded the Roger Revelle Medal by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission in 2008. This recognises ‘outstanding contributions to the ocean sciences by inspired researchers who communicate their knowledge and global vision of the challenges facing our Planet in order to shape a better future for humankind’. See Web page: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/about/staff/rjn.page