Coastal management in Australia / / Nick Harvey and Brian Caton.

• VerfasserIn: Harvey, Nick, 1952-; Caton, Brian,
• TeilnehmendeR: Caton, Brian,; University of Adelaide Press,
• Place / Publishing House: Adelaide : : The University of Adelaide Press,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 342 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016).

Coastal Management in Australia introduces the background to the various coastal management systems operating in Australia and illustrates these with 'real world' examples from the different states and territories.

Table of Contents

• 1. An Era of Change
• Global imperatives for coastal management
• Global influences on Australian coastal management
• Action in the 1990s: changes to Australian coastal management
• What is the Australian coast?
• Conclusion
• 2. Understanding Coastal Processes
• The dynamics of coastal systems
• Global change and Australian coastal processes
• Australian case studies of coastal processes
• 3. Human Impact on the Australian Coast
• Coastal impacts from our cities
• Non-metropolitan expansion along the coast
• Catchment to the coast
• Commercial use of coastal waters
• Tourism and recreational pressure on the coast
• Coastal mining and industry activities
• 4. Managing the Australian Coast
• The need for management
• Government roles and responsibilities
• Coastal planning
• The role of the community
• Sustainable coastal management and scientific uncertainty
• Coastal environmental management systems
• Management of places of high conservation and landscape value
• 5. Conclusions and Future Directions
• The state of coastal management in Australia
• Coastal management for the 21st century.