TY - BOOK ID - 77944320 TI - Dynamics of coastal systems PY - 2005 SN - 1281928003 9786611928001 9812775250 9789812775252 9812563490 9812562079 9789812562074 PB - Singapore Hackensack, N.J. World Scientific Pub. Co. DB - UniCat KW - Coast changes. KW - Coasts. KW - Coastal landforms KW - Coastal zones KW - Coastlines KW - Landforms KW - Seashore KW - Coastal erosion KW - Coasts KW - Shore erosion KW - Littoral drift KW - Physical geography KW - Erosion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77944320 AB - Dynamics of Coastal Systems is about the dynamic interaction between water motion and seabed topography, which affects the natural response of coastal systems to change in external conditions and to human interventions - from the scale of seabed ripples up to the scale of entire barrier and delta systems. The book highlights major concepts developed during the past 50 years for the description of current-topography, tide-topography and wave-topography interactions. It provides simple analytical tools and models for diagnosing and predicting coastal response to change, with references to a grea ER -