Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond
The book addresses the questions: Is Australia’s rapidly growing human population and economy environmentally sustainable for its estuaries and coasts? What is needed to enable sustainable development? To answer these questions, this book reports detailed studies of 20 iconic Australian estuaries an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
| Series: | Estuaries of the World
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond - A synthesis
- PART I - Estuaries that bore the full pressure of the historical developments
- 2. Sydney Estuary, Australia: Geology, anthropogenic development and hydrodynamic processes/attributes
- 3. The Murray/Coorong Estuary. Meeting of the Waters?
- 4. Port Phillip Bay
- 5. The Tamar Estuary, Tasmania
- PART II Estuaries being degraded
- 6. Gold Coast Broadwater: Southern Moreton Bay, Southeast Queensland (Australia)
- 7. Hydrodynamics and sediment transport in a macro-tidal estuary: Darwin Harbour, Australia
- 8. The Ord River estuary: a regulated wet-dry tropical river system
- 9. South Australia’s Precious Inverse Estuaries: On the road to ruin
- 10. Turbulent Mixing and Sediment Processes in Peri-Urban Estuariesin South-East Queensland (Australia)
- 11. Hervey Bay and Its Estuaries
- 12. Moreton Bay and its estuaries: A sub-tropical system under pressure from rapid population growth
- 13. Water resource development and high value coastal wetlands on the lower Burdekin floodplain, Australia.-14. The Hawkesbury Estuary from 1950 to 2050
- PART III - Estuaries that are still relatively pristine
- 15. Deluge Inlet, a pristine small tropical estuary in north-eastern Australia
- 16. The Lower Mary River and flood plains