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Coastal environments are dynamic. The action of wind and waves is critical to shaping and maintaining them, and vegetation on primary and secondary dune systems is vital to maintaining their stability. Human activity, if left unchecked, can cause serious damage to delicate coastal ecosystems, and it is important that as much of Britain's coastal landscape is managed appropriately to ensure its environmental and ecological health for generations to...
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This program looks at the challenges of managing a changing coastline sustainably. It first provides memorable examples of different erosional and depositional coastal landforms along with explanations of how they are formed. It then assesses the challenges and conflicts facing the different stakeholders who live, work and visit the area and assesses how their different needs can be met. The resource provides a cost benefit analysis of both hard and...
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It's one of the UK's most popular stretches of coastline, so how can you balance the needs of the hundreds of thousands of visitors who descend on a busy day, meet the requirements of Europe's largest onshore oil field and protect the environment of this honeypot site? This program explores the values, needs and impacts of the different players who use this area, before assessing the sustainability and success of the management strategies that have...
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"When Hurricane Katrina assailed the city of New Orleans in August of 2005, it precipitated one of the greatest failures of civil engineering in U.S. history. In this penetrating investigation, experts consider how engineers can keep these tragedies from happening again, and debate whether New Orleans should be rebuilt at all."--Container.