Overview
- Both climate change and socio-economic transformations processes, as well as their interaction, are considered
- Beside risks, the chances and opportunities of global change for the region are addressed
- The practitioners' perspective and their demands play an important role
- Concrete adaptation examples and strategies are given
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Coastal Research Library (COASTALRL, volume 1)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Global Change – The Scientific Background
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Sea-level Rise and Coastal Protection
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Changes and Spatial Planning
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About this book
Climate change and ongoing transformation processes in economy and agriculture will have strong and multiple impacts in the Baltic region. In particular coastal zones face increasing hazards, e.g. due to sea level rise or changes in riverine nutrient loads and eutrophication. These changes also offer a wide range of new opportunities in the Baltic Region. Adaptation measures are needed but require a thorough and spatially differentiated understanding of underlying ecological, economic and social processes.
Sixteen contributions by authors from eight countries give a comprehensive overview of these changes, their consequences and practical challenges with focus on coastal zones. Besides risks, the chances and opportunities of changes for the region are addressed and adaptation examples and strategies are given. The practitioners’ perspective and their demands are integrated in the various contributions.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Change and Baltic Coastal Zones
Editors: Gerald Schernewski, Jacobus Hofstede, Thomas Neumann
Series Title: Coastal Research Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0400-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-0399-5Published: 02 April 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3579-8Published: 29 May 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0400-8Published: 31 March 2011
Series ISSN: 2211-0577
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0585
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 298
Topics: Coastal Sciences, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Environmental Management, Marine & Freshwater Sciences