Sand Dune Conservation, Management and Restoration

• Main Author: Doody, J. Patrick. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Coastal Research Library, 4
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Regional planning.; Physical geography.; Endangered ecosystems.; Landscape ecology.; Ecology.; Human Geography.; Environment.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Physical Geography.; Ecosystems.; Landscape Ecology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4731-9

This book deals with the development of temperate coastal sand dunes and the way these have been influenced by human activity.�The different states in which the habitat exists both for the beach/foredune and inland dune are reviewed against the pressures exerted upon them. Options for management are...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• �1. Introduction
• �2. Human Occupation, Use and Abuse
• 3. Nature Conservation - Policy and Procedures
• 4. Physical States and Values - Beaches/Foredune
• 5. Vegetated States and Values -Inland Dune
• 6. Trends and Trade-offs - Beaches/Foredune
• 7. Trends and Trade-offs - Inland Vegetated Dune
• 8. Alien Plant Invasion
• 9. Management and Restoration - Applying Best Practice
• 10. Integrated Action - Golf Course Management
• 11. Integrated Action - Machair, Human History and Nature Intertwined
• 12. Present Threats and Future Prospects
• Index.