This book deals with recent advances in coastal marine environmental
management and governance. Various chapters consider new aspects of
conservation, assessment of ecosystem health status, environmental
survey and protection, frameworks of ocean service and governance, new
applications of geo processing and GIS technology, beach management,
aquaculture site selection, assessment of water quality (brine disposal
and temperature dispersion from nuclear power plants), exploration and
management of coastal karst, changing perceptions of dune management,
advances in interpretation of sea-level indicators and real time
environmental monitoring. New advances in both environmental management
and governance are of the utmost importance for sustaining critical
coastal marine areas. Offering such a diverse collection of works from
coastal scientists around the world, who discuss many techniques and
methods at the forefront of management and governance, this publication
will be of interest to coastal researchers, coastal zone managers and
regulatory agency personnel.