Global change and Baltic coastal zones
Climatic changes Coastal ecology Coastal zone management Environmental management Marine sciences Coast changes Coastal ecology -- Baltic Sea Region Coastal zone management -- Baltic Sea Region Natural history Science sähkökirjat
Springer
2011
EISBN 9789400704008
Climate change and ongoing transformation processes in economy and agriculture will have strong and multiple impacts in the Baltic region. In particular coastal zones face increasing hazards, e.g. due to sea level rise or changes in riverine nutrient loads and eutrophication. These changes also offer a wide range of new opportunities in the Baltic Region. Adaptation measures are needed but require a thorough and spatially differentiated understanding of underlying ecological, economic and social processes. Sixteen contributions by authors from eight countries give a comprehensive overview of t
