Coastal and Marine Hazards Risks and Disasters /

Ellis, Jean

Coastal and Marine Hazards Risks and Disasters / - Elsevier, 2014.

Chapter 1 - Perspectives on Coastal and Marine Hazards and Disasters
Jean T. Ellis and Douglas J. Sherman

Chapter 2 - Tsunami Dynamics, Forecasting, and Mitigation
Utku Kânoğlu and Costas Synolakis

Chapter 3 - Paleotsunami Research—Current Debate and Controversies
Anja M. Scheffers

Chapter 4 - Tsunami Case Studies
Eugene J. Farrell, Jean T. Ellis and Kieran R. Hickey

Chapter 5 - Palaeostorm Surges and Inundations
Jonathan F. Nott

Chapter 6 - Storm Surge Warning, Mitigation, and Adaptation
Diane P. Horn

Chapter 7 - Storm Surge Case Studies
Hans von Storch, Wensheng Jiang and Kazimierz K. Furmanczyk

Chapter 8 - Sea-Level Rise: Causes, Impacts, and Scenarios for Change
Robert J.N. Devoy

Chapter 9 - Adapting to Sea Level Rise
Robert J. Nicholls

Chapter 10 - Storm-Induced Morphology Changes along Barrier Islands and Poststorm Recovery
Ping Wang and Tiffany M. Roberts Briggs

Chapter 11 - Extreme Waves: Causes, Characteristics, and Impact on Coastal Environments and Society
Jim D. Hansom, Adam D. Switzer and Jeremy Pile

Chapter 12 - Rip Currents
Robert W. Brander

Chapter 13 - Sea Ice: Hazards, Risks, and Implications for Disasters
Hajo Eicken and Andrew R. Mahoney

Chapter 14 - Mangroves, Tropical Cyclones, and Coastal Hazard Risk Reduction
Anna McIvor, Thomas Spencer, ... Iris Möller

Chapter 15 - Coral Reef Systems and the Complexity of Hazards
Paul S. Kench and Susan D. Owen

Chapter 16 - Threats to Marsh Resources and Mitigation

Chapter 17 - Living with Harmful Algal Blooms in a Changing World: Strategies for Modeling and Mitigating Their Effects in Coastal Marine Ecosystems
Clarissa R. Anderson, Stephanie K. Moore, ... Caroline K. Cusack




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