Coastal Erosion: Response and Management (Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences)

by RogerH.Charlier (Author), Christian P . De Meyer (Author)

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  1997

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  The coastal zone is subject to strong pressures from a large number of users. Industry wants to exploit it for its space, water and manpower. Aggregate miners want to exploit mineral resources and health centers are multiplying. However, coastlines are progressively receding worldwide, making the zone fragile, vulnerable, and unstable.