The Spanish Coastal Systems

This monograph presents the state of art of the geologic knowledge about the Spanish coast obtained through scientific research in the last 30 years.From a general point of view, coasts are the most quickly changing systems of the Earth. This is critical, since many human resources, such as the main part of economic and social activities, are located in the coastal areas. Especially in the case of Spain these coasts include cities, wide industrial areas (including harbor complexes), important ecologic systems, and our main economic resource: tourism. Understanding the dynamic functioning of each element of this coast is vital for correct future coastal management, so as to solve problems derived from bad plans developed in the last decades of the twentieth century.
This is a valuable text for advanced graduate students and coastal researchers, which connects the specific dynamic functioning of the main Spanish coastal environments and their relationships with human activities.

Summarizes the last 30 years of research on coastal geology in Spain

Broadens the understanding of the dynamic functioning of the environments of the Spanish coast

Includes case studies of cliffs, rias, estuaries, deltas, barrier islands, beaches and dunes developed under diverse conditions

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The Spanish coastal systems.

Dynamic processes, sediments and management.

1. Introducing the Spanish Coast. J.A. Morales PART I. ROCKY COASTS AND CLIFFS

2. The northern rocky coast.

A. Pérez-Alberti

3. Rocky coast in Catalonia. I. Montoya

4. Rocky coasts in the Balearic Islands.

G. Pons-Buades

5. Littoral endokarst from the Balearic Islands.

J.J. fornós

6. The clifss of Gibraltar. J. Rodríguez-Vidal

7. Volcanic coasts in Canary Islands. J. Mangas PART II. LINEAL SANDY COASTS AND BEACHES

8. Beaches from Galicia.

R. Blanco-Chao

9. Beaches from Catalonia. J. Serra

10. Beaches from Valencia.

J. Alcántara

11. Coastal lagoons in the Mediterranean Coast.

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    12. Barrier Islands of the Cadiz Bay. J. M. Gutierrez-Mas

12. Beaches of the Gibraltar Strait.

J. Benavente and L. Del Río

14. Beaches from Huelva.

J.A. Morales

PART III. FLUVIO MARINE SYSTEMS

15. Rias from Galicia. F. Vilas

16. Cantabrian estuaries. G. Flor
    17. The Ebro Delta.

I. Rodríguez-Santalla

18. Fan-deltas from the Mediterranean Coast.

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19. The Guadalquivir Estuary and marshes.

A. Rodríguez-Ramírez

20. The Tinto-Odiel Estuary. J. Borrego

21. The Guadiana Delta. J.A. Morales PART IV. COASTAL DUNES

22. Coastal dunes from Asturias.

G. Flor-Blanco

23. Coastal dunes in the Ebro Delta. M.J. Sánchez-García

24. Dunes in the Gibraltar Strait. F.J. Gracia
    25. Dunes in Doñana National Park.

I. Vallejo

26. Dunes in the Gibraltar Strait.

F.J. Gracia

27. Dunes in Canary Islands.

I. Alonso and L. Hernández-Calvento PART V. COAST-HUMAN INTERACTION PROBLEMS AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT

28. Coastal management in urban beaches from Catalonia.

J. Galofré

29. Coastal management in the Balearic Islands. X. Roig-Munar

30. Coastal management in the North Littoral. M. Monge
    31. Coastal management in Andalousia.

G. Malvárez

32. Coastal management in the Canary Islands.

A. Yanes