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Environmental consequences and management of coastal industries : terms and concepts /

Environmental Consequences and Management of Coastal Industries: Terms and Concepts covers the engineering, natural and social sciences aspects related to coastal power plants and their operation and management. The book gives background to featured problems and solutions, making it relevant to powe...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Elliott, M. (Michael), 1952 November 3- (Editor), Wither, Andrew (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2024]
Series:ISSO (Series)
Subjects:
Coastal zone management.
Coastal ecosystem health.
Power-plants > Environmental aspects.
Environmental management.
Centrales énergétiques > Aspect de l'environnement.
Littoral > Aménagement.
Littoral > Santé.
Environnement > Gestion.
environmental control.
Coastal ecosystem health
Coastal zone management
Power-plants > Environmental aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Environmental Consequences and Management of Coastal Industries: Terms and Concepts
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contributing authors
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note from the editors and contributors
  • Introduction
  • The environmental framework
  • Roles and responsibility of industry
  • Management response
  • Achieving solutions-Management actions and spatial scales
  • An integrated model
  • References
  • Section 1: Science background
  • Introduction
  • Science background: 1. Role and adequacy of science
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 2. Argument mapping
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 3. Systems analysis and conceptual models
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 4. Estuaries
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 5. Lagoons
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 6. Hydrodynamics of the system
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 7. Physical terms-Sea level and tides
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 8. Physical terms-Currents and waves
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 9. Numerical hydrodynamic modeling
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 10. Sediment terms
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 11. Geomorphological terms
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 12. Carrying capacity of systems
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 13. Micro-, meio-, macro-, and mega-fauna and flora
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 14. Epiflora, epiphytes, and sessile and mobile epifauna and infauna
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 15. Plankton
  • Holoplankton
  • Meroplankton
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 16. Ichthyoplankton
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 17. Non-indigenous, alien, invasive, and other non-native species (NIS, AIS)
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 18. Colonization by non-native organisms
  • Reference and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 19. Mechanical, thermal, and chemical stressors
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 20. Baseline and reference conditions
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 21. Causes of and solutions to estuarine, coastal, and marine degradation
  • Reference and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 22. Ecosystem restoration
  • References and further reading
  • Linked
  • Science background: 23. Ecohydrology and ecoengineering
  • References and further reading
  • Linked