Book Description

This book contains most of the papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions . The conference provides a forum for the discussion of problems that are related to coastal regions, which are increasingly being affected by population growth and industrial and tourism activities. The pressure of these developments generates social, ecological and economic problems, the solution of which requires an interdisciplinary approach. Effective strategies for the management of coastal areas should therefore consist of dynamic and integrated solutions in order to control their environmental quality.

The contributions included in this book are listed in the following sections: Ecology and the Coastal Environment; Coastal Deterioration; Management of Risk; Water Quality Issues; Sediment Transport; Coastal Dunes.

Book Contents

The flushing of pollution from recreational boating in tidal embayments with application to Great Salt Pond on Block Island
S. Mecca; W. Brown; R. Barber;

Assessment of the abundance of actively respiring cells and dead cells within the total bacterioplankton of the Strait of Messina waters
G. Caruso; G. Zappalà; G. Maimone; F. Azzaro; F. Raffa; R. Caruso;

Monitoring activities following the grounding of the in Lyme Bay, UK, in 2007
R. J. Law; C. Kelly;

Human effects and degradation processes on the Aegean coastal zone
S. Sütgibi;

Tourism impact on coastal environment
S. Zahedi;

Impacts of a changing climate and low land use on a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest
I. Torres; J. E. González; D. E. Comarazamy;


D. M. Morley; R. L. Sherman; L. K. B. Jordan; K. W. Banks; T. P. Quinn; R. E. Spieler;

Evaluation of armor stone performance and deterioration
D. W. Harrelson; M. Zakikhani; J. G. Tom; J. A. Kissane; M. K. Allis; J. E. Kolber;

Predicting ecological resilience of marine benthic communities facing a high risk of oil spills
J. Kotta; R. Aps; K. Herkül;

Modeling riverbank stability and potential risk to development in the Penobscot River estuary of Maine, USA
N. A. Briggs; R. Freeman; S. LaRochelle; H. Theriault; R. J. Lilieholm; C. S. Cronan;

Data gathering guidelines for the mapping of environmental sensitivity to oil spill of the Italian coastlines
F. Cumo; F. Cinquepalmi; D. Astiaso Garcia;

Place of refuge selection for ships aiming at reduction of environmental hazards
Z. Bradaric; M. Srdelic; N. Mladineo; S. Pavasovic;

Saline stratification and its influence on fine sediment transport in a semi-enclosed tidal lagoon, West Sussex, UK
S. B. Mitchell; H. M. Burgess; D. J. Pope; A. Theodoridou;

Environmental impact on chemical/oil spill in the Persian Gulf
P. C. Chu; C. L. Williams; T. Clem; S. D. Haeger; M. Ward;

The blue planet earth systems approach (BEPESA) for the study of water related systems
O. Ben-Zvi-Assaraf; N. Orion; D. Ronen;

Influence of climate and anthropogenous activity on the terrigenous sedimentation dynamics of the Sea of Azov in the second part of the XX century
S. V. Berdnikov; V. V. Sorokina;

Pre-reservoirs: a sustainable solution for eroding beaches/deltas of dammed rivers
A. Toumazis; K. Kyrou; N. Iacovou; J. Sophos; S. Zervos; G. Anastasakis;

Characteristics of beach profiles and bar formation changes along the coasts of Hokkaido
H. Gotoh; M. Takezawa; S. Tomaki;

A sheet flow model to estimate the sediment transport rate for beaches backed by seawalls
M. Shakeri Majd; M. A. Lashteh Neshaei; M. Taleghani;

Morphodynamics of the Morfa Dyffryn coastal dunes, mid-Wales: photographic survey 1988–2007
J. A. Millington; M. A. Fullen; G. M. Moore; C. A. Booth; I. C. Trueman; A. T. Worsley; N. Richardson;

Three-dimensional flow simulation over a complex sand dune system
S. J. Wakes; T. Maegli; K. J. M. Dickinson; M. Hilton;

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