Comprises a collection of 40 chapters by experts dealing with the applications of GIS, remote sensing, cartography, visualisation and GPS to coastal and marine environments around the world. It relates these practices to fisheries, coastal geomorphology, the use of remote-sensed imagery, coastal vegetation mapping, coastal pollution, landscape ecology, and decision support systems.
From the contents:Part I: The Setting.- Part II: The Coastal Zone.- Part III: Example Applications.- Part IV: Habitat.- Part V: Technology.- Part VI: Geographic Information Systems and Decision Support Systems.- Part VII: Remote Sensing.- Part VIII: Developments and the Future.- Index.