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At the coast all is not what it seems.  Decades of beachfront development have seen a variety of efforts to stabilize the shoreline to protect ill-placed beachfront property, both from shoreline erosion and from storm damage. Both of these problems become increasingly critical in a time of rising sea level.  Many natural beaches are backed by sea walls, while others have been transformed by whole series of groynes, offshore breakwaters and a plethora of other schemes. Many recreational beaches are actually artificial replicas of the real thing, emplaced to protect badly placed infrastructure and maintained only through ongoing costly beach nourishment.  However, all of these attempts to stabilize the shoreline are far from benign. Degradation and even complete loss of the all important recreational beach sometimes results from seawall emplacement. Increasingly, the choice of shoreline stabilization approach will depend upon plans for future response to rising seas which in many cases may involve retreat from the shoreline rather than holding the line.  This book explores, through a series of case studies from around the globe, the pitfalls of shoreline stabilization and provides a ready reference for those with an interest in shoreline management.  It is particularly timely in a time of global change.

Shoreline. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Hydraulic Engineering --- Marine Science --- Shore protection --- Shorelines --- Soil stabilization --- Stabilization of soils --- Lake shorelines --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- Shore-lines --- Beach erosion --- Coast protection --- Coast protective works --- Prevention --- Earth sciences. --- Oceanography. --- Geobiology. --- Coasts. --- Physical geography. --- Earth Sciences. --- Coastal Sciences. --- Biogeosciences. --- Physical Geography. --- Earth Sciences, general. --- Physical geography --- Seashore --- Bodies of water --- Coastal zone management --- Coastal engineering --- Hydraulic engineering --- Reclamation of land --- Soil mechanics --- Stability --- Reinforced soils --- Slopes (Soil mechanics) --- Soil compaction --- Soil consolidation --- Subsurface drainage --- Geography. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Geography --- Oceanography, Physical --- Oceanology --- Physical oceanography --- Thalassography --- Marine sciences --- Ocean --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Biology --- Biosphere --- Coastal landforms --- Coastal zones --- Coastlines --- Landforms

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Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet's most dynamic environments-from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. The World's Beaches tells how beaches work, explains why they vary so much, and shows how dramatic changes can occur on them in a matter of hours. It discusses tides, waves, and wind; the patterns of dunes, washover fans, and wrack lines; and the shape of berms, bars, shell lags, cusps, ripples, and blisters. What is the world's longest beach? Why do some beaches sing when you walk on them? Why do some have dark rings on their surface and tiny holes scattered far and wide? This fascinating, comprehensive guide also considers the future of beaches, and explains how extensively people have affected them-from coastal engineering to pollution, oil spills, and rising sea levels.

Beaches. --- Seashore. --- Coasts. --- Coast changes. --- Coastal erosion --- Coasts --- Shore erosion --- Littoral drift --- Physical geography --- Coastal landforms --- Coastal zones --- Coastlines --- Landforms --- Seashore --- Sea shore --- Sea shores --- Seashores --- Shore, Sea --- Shores, Sea --- Beaches --- Erosion --- Coast changes --- arctic beaches. --- bars. --- beach ecosystems. --- beach environments. --- beach guides. --- beach variety. --- beaches. --- berms. --- blisters. --- coastal engineering. --- color photographs. --- cusps. --- dunes. --- earth sciences. --- global beaches. --- guidebook. --- illustrated. --- maps. --- natural sciences. --- natural variety. --- nonfiction. --- oceans. --- oil spills. --- pollution. --- ripples. --- rising sea levels. --- scientists. --- shell lags. --- shorelines. --- tides. --- tourist destinations. --- tropical shores. --- washover fans. --- waves. --- wind. --- wrack lines.

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"In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world's sandy beaches and dunes have never been more crucial to protecting coastal environments. Yet, in order to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects, sand mining is stripping beaches and dunes, destroying environments, and exploiting labor in the process. The authors of Vanishing Sands track the devastating impact of legal and illegal sand mining over the past twenty years, ranging from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean to South America and the eastern United States. They show how sand mining has reached crisis levels: beach, dune, and river ecosystems are in danger of being lost forever, while organized crime groups use deadly force to protect their illegal mining operations. Calling for immediate and widespread resistance to sand mining, the authors demonstrate that its cessation is paramount for saving beaches, dunes, and associated environments, plus lives and tourism economies everywhere."--

Sand and gravel mines and mining --- Coasts --- Sea level --- Beaches --- Seashore ecology --- Mines and mineral resources --- Environmental aspects --- Seashore ecology. --- Environmental aspects. --- Mining industry --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology