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Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management

Part of the book series: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins ((CSCM,volume 11))

In this chapter, we will see the geographic and societal situation of the coast and its management on a sub-regional basis. The subregion introduced first is East Asia, for which we will see China, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. Coastal zones of East Asia are characterized by diversity of coastal morphology and strong oceanic and climatic activities. They have long suffered from natural hazards such as typhoons, storm surges, high waves, and tsunamis, resulting in huge damage to the human society. At the same time, concentration of large populations, economic activities, and development in the coastal zones are another feature in this region. Recent enormous economic development in the countries has accelerated the pressure to the region’s coastal environment together with global environmental changes such as sea-level rise and climate change. Therefore, the region has a strong need to develop a management framework for the coastal zones and its implementation. In this section, we will see the preset status of such efforts in this subregion.

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Saito, Y., Alino, P. (2008). Regional Conditions. In: Mimura, N. (eds) Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management. Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3625-5_5

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