Teaching aspects of South African coastalgeomorphology
A plea is made for a better understanding of basic geology in the teaching of coastalgeomorphology. The South African coastalgeomorphology is then examined as an illustration. - (AJC)
The A. reviews some recent observational theoretical and applied work in coastalgeomorphology in general and then focuses on coastal sand dune studies.
This review highlights recent work in coastalgeomorphology that challenges existing wisdom, breaks new ground or contributes in some way to wider principles. This review is organized in 5 parts : Non-cohesive and cohesive sediment dynamics; Beach
and dune morphodynamics; Late-Holocene and historical coastal evolutionary behaviour; High-resolution topographic data sets and a resurgence of morphometric analysis; A grand challenge : predicting mesoscale coastal behaviour. Coastalgeomorphology
of geomorphological thinking rather than merely being used to constrain sediment budgets as a basis for the management of localized erosion problems.
[b1] Coastal and Estuarine Research Unit, Dep. of Geography, Univ. College London, London, Royaume-Uni
Coastalgeomorphology in The geomorphology of Southern Africa.
The littoral zone is one of the most complex geomorphic systems subject to many geomorphological factors, including waves, sediment supply, climate sea levels and tectonics.
This paper describes the coastal feature, explains the historical legacy of use, and examines problems of contemporary coastal management. The Dorset coast in southwest England is used to illustrate these main points. The paper concludes
with a consideration of the natural geomorphological principles of landscape design which might be employed as part of the guiding concepts.
A geomorphological approach to sustainable planning and management of the coastal zone of Kuwait
Coastal environment ; Coastalgeomorphology ; Coastal management ; Coastal protection ; Ecosystem ; Hydrocarbon ; Intertidal zone ; Kuwait ; Land use ; Pollution ; Sediment transport
This paper demonstrates how the study of coastalgeomorphology can provide a valuable understanding that might form a basis from which planners can develop sound proposals and policies for the sustainable development and management of the coastal
region and its resources. The paper is based on work carried out in the mid 1980s as part of a multi-disciplinary research project which aimed to establish an environmental database for the coastal region of Kuwait. The geomorphological information
was used to determine the coastal vulnerability and to assess the environmental impacts of development projects.
Coastal environment ; Coastal erosion ; Coastal management ; Earth surface processes ; Human impact ; Model ; Natural hazards ; Sediment transport
Coastalgeomorphology will gain future prominence as environmentally sound coastal zone management strategies, requiring scientific information, begin to supplant engineered shoreline stabilization schemes for amelioration of coastal hazards. The AA
. anticipate substantial change and progress over the next two decades, but they do not predict revolutionary advances in theoretical understanding of coastal geomorphic systems. The AA. offer predictions for specific coastal systems delineated according
The articles in this issue emphasize two primary themes in coastalgeomorphology : nearshore processes and landform changes. The articles focused on process chiefly examine the sources and actions of energy that is dissipated by waves
in the nearshore. A primary task in process geomorphology is modeling and predicting sediment transport. When deterministic models yield unsatisfactory results, empirical and semiempirical models are frequently substituded.
Coastal environment ; Concept ; England ; Geomorphology ; Nature conservation ; United Kingdom
This paper reviews conflicts between coastal defence strategies and the scientific study of geomorphological processes at the coast, and presents the results of a survey of the scientific importance of geomorphological features within the site
Perspectives in coastalgeomorphology of Western Crete, Greece
Holocene coastal development and archaeology in Turkey
Aegean Sea ; Archeological site ; Biological indicator ; C 14 dating ; Coastal environment ; Holocene ; Land use ; Neotectonics ; Palaeogeography ; Sea level ; Turkey
In this paper, the geomorphological characteristics of the coasts of Turkey are described in general, and coastal changes and their effects on the coastal land use especially in the late Holocene have been stressed. Tuzla and Klaros have been used
as two examples of coastal change and geo-archaeological development on the Aegean coast.
Geomorphology of the Boao coastal system and potential effects of human activities - Hainan Island, South China
China ; Coastal dynamics ; Coastal environment ; Coastal erosion ; Delta ; Ecosystem ; Environmental management ; Hainandao ; Human impact ; Pool ; Sand bar ; Sediment transport
coastal systems. This paper will provide data and concepts for integrated coastal management to researchers and to staff members of relevant government agencies and enterprises.
Begriff und Wesen des Strandes als geomorphologische und naturräumliche Erscheinung. (The coastal shoreline as a geomorphological and regional phenomenon)
A new definition of term coastal shoreline is given which will include all features of a seashore such as location, substance, processes, minor units, environmental effects, and technogenous facilities, and in this way considers the coastline
as a geomorphological and regional phenomenon being the interface of land and sea. (HL).
Fresh and salt groundwater in the Dutch coastal area in relation to geomorphological evolution
Historical sequences of encroaching seawater and recharge of fresh water under different geological and geomorphological conditions during the Quaternary are responsible for a rather complicated distribution of fresh and salt groundwater
in the Dutch coastal area. A qualitative genetic model is proposed based on the Holocene landscape evolution.
The greenhouse effect, sea-level rise and coastalgeomorphology
Future sea-level rise provides a major challenge to coastal geomorphologists working in many different areas. Regional responses to a variable projected rate of sea-level rise will undoubtedly be complex and have major policy implications. Coastal