Coastline Changes: A Global Review

By Eric C.F. Bird

Describes and analyses the advance and retreat patterns of the world's coastlines in recent decades. Based on a twelve-year investigation by the I.G.U. Commission on the Coastal Environment, this book examines the multiple factors responsible for coastline change and emphasizes the importance of monitoring these changes. It provides a basis for comparisons between changing coastline sections in various environments around the world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471906468
• ISBN13: 9780471906469
• Release Date: May 1985
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 232 Pages