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Our coast, discover our coast and find out how we care for it, Griffith University Centre for Coastal Management ; Gold Coast City Council

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Our coast, discover our coast and find out how we care for it, Griffith University Centre for Coastal Management ; Gold Coast City Council
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Our coast
Responsibility statement
Griffith University Centre for Coastal Management ; Gold Coast City Council
Sub title
discover our coast and find out how we care for it
Table Of Contents
The A-line seawall -- BeachCare and CoastEd -- Beach culture on the Gold Coast -- Beach erosion: coastal processes on the Gold Coast -- The Beach Protection Authority -- The Broadwater: a dynamic estuarine environment -- Broadwater Parklands: coastal management initiatives -- Broadwater Parklands: water sensitive urban design (WSUD) -- Coastal monitoring -- Coastal monitoring: shoreline position -- Currumbin Creek coastal processes -- Currumbin Creek dredging -- Cyclones -- The Delft Report -- Delft Report: key recommendations -- Dugongs -- Dunes of the Gold Coast -- East Australian current -- Ecological response to storms -- Fauna in the dunes -- Gold Coast beach nourishment -- Gold Coast Seaway -- Gold Coast Seaway: a marine lovers' paradise -- History of coastal storms on the Gold Coast -- How does dredging affect water quality in Currumbin Creek? -- Introduction to the longshore drift: coastal processes on the Gold Coast -- Introduction to the Waterfront Development Control (WDC) Program -- Looking after our dunes -- Mangroves of the Gold Coast -- Narrowneck Artificial Reef construction -- Narrowneck Artificial Reef ecology -- Northern Gold Coast Beach Protection Strategy: improving beach width -- Northern Gold Coast Beach Protection Strategy: recreational benefits -- Our coastal zone -- Palm Beach Reef -- Pontoons and jetties -- Reefs of the Gold Coast -- Revetment walls -- Rocky shores of the Gold Coast -- Sandy beach ecology: the hidden world -- Seagrass of the Gold Coast -- Sea turtles of the Gold Coast -- Shorebirds of the Gold Coast -- South Stradbroke Island: beach ecology and management -- Storm surges -- Tallebudgera Creek dredging -- Tidal exchange on the Gold Coast -- Tsunamis -- Wave Break Island
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