Ebook: Restoration of Coastal Dunes
- Tags: Environmental Management, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Geomorphology, Geoecology/Natural Processes
- Series: Springer Series on Environmental Management
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The continuously growing human population along the world’s coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy shores and coastal dunes will require significant restoration efforts because they are preferred sites for human settlement, industrial and urban development and tourism.
With this book experts in the field present a comprehensive review of restoration studies and activities, where ‘successful’ and ‘failed’ studies or approaches from around the world are contrasted and compared. A major asset the book provides is a compendium of studies showing that coastal dune restoration has many definitions and thus leads to many different actions.
This volume addresses those with an interest in conservation ecology and biology, coastal dune dynamics and geomorphology, and coastal management who are seeking information on the different strategies for coastal dune restoration applied in different regions of the world. Finally, it will be a valuable resource for coastal scientists and planners, as well as for local and state officials, residents of coastal communities, environmental advocates and developers.
The continuously growing human population along the world’s coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy shores and coastal dunes will require significant restoration efforts because they are preferred sites for human settlement, industrial and urban development and tourism.
With this book experts in the field present a comprehensive review of restoration studies and activities, where ‘successful’ and ‘failed’ studies or approaches from around the world are contrasted and compared. A major asset the book provides is a compendium of studies showing that coastal dune restoration has many definitions and thus leads to many different actions.
This volume addresses those with an interest in conservation ecology and biology, coastal dune dynamics and geomorphology, and coastal management who are seeking information on the different strategies for coastal dune restoration applied in different regions of the world. Finally, it will be a valuable resource for coastal scientists and planners, as well as for local and state officials, residents of coastal communities, environmental advocates and developers.
The continuously growing human population along the world’s coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy shores and coastal dunes will require significant restoration efforts because they are preferred sites for human settlement, industrial and urban development and tourism.
With this book experts in the field present a comprehensive review of restoration studies and activities, where ‘successful’ and ‘failed’ studies or approaches from around the world are contrasted and compared. A major asset the book provides is a compendium of studies showing that coastal dune restoration has many definitions and thus leads to many different actions.
This volume addresses those with an interest in conservation ecology and biology, coastal dune dynamics and geomorphology, and coastal management who are seeking information on the different strategies for coastal dune restoration applied in different regions of the world. Finally, it will be a valuable resource for coastal scientists and planners, as well as for local and state officials, residents of coastal communities, environmental advocates and developers.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Foredune Restoration in Urban Settings....Pages 17-31
Restoration of Coastal Foredunes, a Geomorphological Perspective: Examples from New York and from New Jersey, USA....Pages 33-47
Natural Plant Diversity Development on a Man-Made Dune System....Pages 49-66
Restoration of Foredunes and Transgressive Dunefields: Case Studies from New Zealand....Pages 67-92
Foredune Restoration Before and After Hurricanes: Inevitable Destruction, Certain Reconstruction....Pages 93-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Restoration of Dune Mobility in The Netherlands....Pages 107-124
The Impact of Dune Stabilization on the Conservation Status of Sand Dune Systems in Wales....Pages 125-143
Restoration of Andalusian Coastal Juniper Woodlands....Pages 145-158
Dune Restoration Over Two Decades at the Lanphere and Ma-le’l Dunes in Northern California....Pages 159-171
Restoration of Coastal Sand Dunes for Conservation of Biodiversity: The Israeli Experience....Pages 173-185
Passive Recovery of Mediterranean Coastal Dunes Following Limitations to Human Trampling....Pages 187-198
Restoration of Dune Ecosystems Following Mining in Madagascar and Namibia: Contrasting Restoration Approaches Adopted in Regions of High and Low Human Population Density....Pages 199-215
The Impacts on Natural Vegetation Following the Establishment of Exotic Casuarina Plantations....Pages 217-233
Restoration of Dune Vegetation in the Netherlands....Pages 235-253
Interdune Wetland Restoration in Central Veracruz, Mexico: Plant Diversity Recovery Mediated by the Hydroperiod....Pages 255-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
The Value of Coastal Sand Dunes as a Measure to Plan an Optimal Policy for Invasive Plant Species: The Case of the Acacia saligna at the Nizzanim LTER Coastal Sand Dune Nature Reserve, Israel....Pages 273-288
The Coasts and Their Costs....Pages 289-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Multicriteria Analysis to Implement Actions Leading to Coastal Dune Restoration....Pages 307-321
Coastal Dune Restoration: Trends and Perspectives....Pages 323-339
Coastal Dunes: Human Impact and Need for Restoration....Pages 1-14
Back Matter....Pages 341-347
The continuously growing human population along the world’s coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy shores and coastal dunes will require significant restoration efforts because they are preferred sites for human settlement, industrial and urban development and tourism.
With this book experts in the field present a comprehensive review of restoration studies and activities, where ‘successful’ and ‘failed’ studies or approaches from around the world are contrasted and compared. A major asset the book provides is a compendium of studies showing that coastal dune restoration has many definitions and thus leads to many different actions.
This volume addresses those with an interest in conservation ecology and biology, coastal dune dynamics and geomorphology, and coastal management who are seeking information on the different strategies for coastal dune restoration applied in different regions of the world. Finally, it will be a valuable resource for coastal scientists and planners, as well as for local and state officials, residents of coastal communities, environmental advocates and developers.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Foredune Restoration in Urban Settings....Pages 17-31
Restoration of Coastal Foredunes, a Geomorphological Perspective: Examples from New York and from New Jersey, USA....Pages 33-47
Natural Plant Diversity Development on a Man-Made Dune System....Pages 49-66
Restoration of Foredunes and Transgressive Dunefields: Case Studies from New Zealand....Pages 67-92
Foredune Restoration Before and After Hurricanes: Inevitable Destruction, Certain Reconstruction....Pages 93-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Restoration of Dune Mobility in The Netherlands....Pages 107-124
The Impact of Dune Stabilization on the Conservation Status of Sand Dune Systems in Wales....Pages 125-143
Restoration of Andalusian Coastal Juniper Woodlands....Pages 145-158
Dune Restoration Over Two Decades at the Lanphere and Ma-le’l Dunes in Northern California....Pages 159-171
Restoration of Coastal Sand Dunes for Conservation of Biodiversity: The Israeli Experience....Pages 173-185
Passive Recovery of Mediterranean Coastal Dunes Following Limitations to Human Trampling....Pages 187-198
Restoration of Dune Ecosystems Following Mining in Madagascar and Namibia: Contrasting Restoration Approaches Adopted in Regions of High and Low Human Population Density....Pages 199-215
The Impacts on Natural Vegetation Following the Establishment of Exotic Casuarina Plantations....Pages 217-233
Restoration of Dune Vegetation in the Netherlands....Pages 235-253
Interdune Wetland Restoration in Central Veracruz, Mexico: Plant Diversity Recovery Mediated by the Hydroperiod....Pages 255-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
The Value of Coastal Sand Dunes as a Measure to Plan an Optimal Policy for Invasive Plant Species: The Case of the Acacia saligna at the Nizzanim LTER Coastal Sand Dune Nature Reserve, Israel....Pages 273-288
The Coasts and Their Costs....Pages 289-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Multicriteria Analysis to Implement Actions Leading to Coastal Dune Restoration....Pages 307-321
Coastal Dune Restoration: Trends and Perspectives....Pages 323-339
Coastal Dunes: Human Impact and Need for Restoration....Pages 1-14
Back Matter....Pages 341-347
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