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The Implications of Oceanographic Chaos for Coastal Management

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Perspectives on Integrated Coastal Zone Management

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. GKSS Research Center, Max-Planck-Straβe, D-21502, Geesthacht, Germany

    Wim Salomons

  2. Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

    R. Kerry Turner

  3. Departamento de Geoquímica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, CEP-24020-007, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Luiz Drude de Lacerda

  4. Centre for Water Resources and Ocean Management, Anna University, Madras, 600 025, India

    S. Ramachandran

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Wolanski, E., King, B., Spagnol, S. (1999). The Implications of Oceanographic Chaos for Coastal Management. In: Salomons, W., Turner, R.K., de Lacerda, L.D., Ramachandran, S. (eds) Perspectives on Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60103-3_8

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