This Shrinking Land : : Climate Change and Britain's Coasts / / Robert Duck.
'The oceans are the graveyards of the lands.' Lands become eaten away by the action of the seas, and it is no surprise to find that most of the world's shorelines are in a state of erosion. The fringes of Britain, its cliffs and beaches, are shrinking, disappearing into the surroundin...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 87 colour illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- 1 Climate change and sea level rise: is there a problem in Britain?
- 2 Cooling and warming
- 3 Enemy and friend: destruction, construction and seduction
- 4 Was King Canute right? Can we hold back the sea?
- 5 Why are the coasts in north-west Scotland not like those in south-east England?
- 6 Lessons from the past: what can we learn that will help coastal zone management?
- 7 Is my house with its sea view safe: what does the future hold?
- Notes
- Index