Broad Scale Coastal Simulation New Techniques to Understand and Mana
This volume details research underpinning the ‘Coastal Simulator’ developed by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. The Simulator provides a framework to analyze long term coastal evolution taking account of all the relevant factors. These incl
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Robert J. Nicholls · Richard J. Dawson Sophie A. Day (née Nicholson-Cole) Editors
Broad Scale Coastal Simulation New Techniques to Understand and Manage Shorelines in the Third Millennium
Advances in Global Change Research Volume 49
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More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/5588
Robert J. Nicholls • Richard J. Dawson Sophie A. Day (née Nicholson-Cole) Editors
Broad Scale Coastal Simulation New Techniques to Understand and Manage Shorelines in the Third Millennium
Editors Robert J. Nicholls Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment University of Southampton Southampton, UK
Richard J. Dawson School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Sophie A. Day (née Nicholson-Cole) Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment University of Southampton Southampton, UK
ISSN 1574-0919 ISSN 2215-1621 (electronic) Advances in Global Change Research ISBN 978-94-007-5257-3 ISBN 978-94-007-5258-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5258-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015946609 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Dordrecht is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www. springer.com)
Foreword
Global change, including climate change, presents one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. It is affecting food, water and human security as well as biodiversity and ecosystems and their services, with developing countries and poor people being the most vulnerable. Nowhere are the pressures of global change more evident than along our coastlines, where an ever-increasing number of people live. Hundreds of millions of people are threatened by rising s
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