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BARRIER DYNAMICS AND RESPONSE TO CHANGING CLIMA...

This book presents chapters  written by leading coastal scientists  which collectively depict
the current understanding of the processes that shape barrier islands and barrier spits  with
an emphasis on the response of these landforms to changing conditions. A majority of the
world's population lives along the coast at the dynamic intersection between terrestrial and
marine ecosystems and landscapes. As narrow  low-lying landforms  barriers are especially
vulnerable to changes in sea level  storminess  the geographic distribution of grass species 
and the rate of sand supply-some barriers will undergo rapid changes in state (e.g.  from
landward migrating to disintegrating)  on human time scales. Attempts by humans to prevent
change can hasten the loss of these landforms  threatening their continued existence as well as
the recreational  financial and ecosystem service benefits they provide. Understanding the
processes and interactions that drive landscape response to climate change and human actions is
essential to adaptation. As managers and governments struggle to plan for the future along
low-lying coasts worldwide  and scientists conduct research that provides useful guidance  this
volume offers a much-needed compilation for these groups  as well as a window into the science
of barrier dynamics for anyone who is generally interested in the impacts of a changing world
on coastal environments.

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