Abstract
The coast represents that region of the Earth's surface that has been affected by coastal processes, i.e. waves and tides, during the Quaternary geological period (the last 2.6 M years). To provide the theoretical framework and the scope of this book, this introductory chapter first discusses the dominant paradigm for coastal research ('morphodynamics'). This is followed by a summary of the dominant elements of climate change relevant to the coastal zone. Finally, the chapter focuses on a scale from simple to complex, different types of models: conceptual, empirical, behaviour-oriented, and process-based morphodynamic models. The examples used to illustrate the different modelling approaches all pertain to the same coastal process: the response of barrier systems to storms and sea- level rise.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Coastal Environments and Global Change |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119117261 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780470656594 |
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| Publication status | Published - 13 Mar 2015 |
Keywords
- Climate change
- Climate models
- Coastal environments
- Coastal morphodynamics