Changing estuaries : a review and new strategy for management and design in coastal engineering

Describes the following subjects: estuaries and man; environmental consideration in a coastal engineering project; converting an estuary to Lake Grevelingen; planning a changing Delta; the Oosterschelde and the protection of the environment; environmental impact assessment for design and management of the Oosterschelde Barrier; wetland criteria and birds in a changing Delta; coastal engineering and European wintering wetland birds; the role of environmental research in a coastal engineering project; a new strategy in management and design for coastal engineering project.