The Spanish Coastal Systems: Dynamic Processes, Sediments and Management

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
 Introducing the Spanish Coast  (Juan A. Morales, Augusto Pérez-Alberti)....Pages 1-23
Front Matter ....Pages 25-25
 The Rocky Coasts of Northwest Spain  (Augusto Pérez-Alberti, Alejandro Gómez-Pazo)....Pages 27-47
 Cliff Coast of Asturias  (María José Domínguez-Cuesta, Pablo Valenzuela, Laura Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Daniel Ballesteros, Montserrat Jiménez-Sánchez, Laura Piñuela et al.)....Pages 49-77
 The Cantabrian Rocky Coast  (Viola Bruschi, Juan Remondo)....Pages 79-91
 Rocky Coast in Catalonia  (Isabel Montoya-Montes, María José Sánchez-García, Ignacio Alonso, Mariona Casamayor, Inmaculada Rodríguez Santalla)....Pages 93-113
 The Rocky Coasts of Balearic Islands  (Pablo Balaguer, Guillem X. Pons, Miquel Mir-Gual)....Pages 115-141
 Littoral Endokarst from Mallorca Island (Western Mediterranean)  (Joan J. Fornós, Àngel Ginés, Joaquín Ginés, Francesc Gràcia, Antoni Merino)....Pages 143-166
 The Rocky Coastlines of the Canary Islands  (Amalia Yanes-Luque)....Pages 167-185
Front Matter ....Pages 187-187
 Beaches of Galicia  (Ramón Blanco-Chao)....Pages 189-207
 Beaches in Valencian Coast  (Josep E. Pardo-Pascual, Eulàlia Sanjaume)....Pages 209-236
 Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons  (Eulalia Sanjaume, Josep E. Pardo-Pascual, Francesca Segura-Beltran)....Pages 237-267
 Beach Systems of Balearic Islands: Nature, Distribution and Processes  (Lluís Gómez-Pujol, Alejandro Orfila, Verónica Morales-Márquez, Montserrat Compa, Laura Pereda, Joan J. Fornós et al.)....Pages 269-287
 Lineal Sandy Coasts and Beaches of Málaga: Andalusian Mediterranean Coast  (Gonzalo Malvarez, Fatima Navas)....Pages 289-310
 Beaches of Cadiz  (Laura Del Río, Javier Benavente, F. Javier Gracia, Giorgio Anfuso, María Aranda, Juan B. Montes et al.)....Pages 311-334
 Beaches of Huelva  (Juan A. Morales, Antonio Rodríguez-Ramírez, Mouncef Sedrati)....Pages 335-359
 Classification and Characteristics of Beaches at Tenerife and Gran Canaria Islands  (Ignacio Alonso, Mariona Casamayor, María José Sánchez García, Isabel Montoya-Montes)....Pages 361-383
Front Matter ....Pages 385-385
 The Galician Rías. NW Coast of Spain  (Federico Vilas, Ana Bernabéu, Belén Rubio, Daniel Rey)....Pages 387-414
 Cantabrian Estuaries  (Germán Flor-Blanco, Germán Flor)....Pages 415-436
 Estuaries of the Basque Coast  (Manu Monge-Ganuzas, Alejandro Cearreta, María Jesús Irabién, Ane García-Artola)....Pages 437-465
 The Ebro River Delta  (Inmaculada Rodríguez-Santalla, Luis Somoza)....Pages 467-488
 Fan Deltas and Floodplains in Valencian Coastal Plains  (Francesca Segura-Beltran, Josep E. Pardo-Pascual)....Pages 489-516
 The Guadalquivir Estuary: Spits and Marshes  (Antonio Rodríguez-Ramírez, Juan J. R. Villarías-Robles, José Noel Pérez-Asensio, Sebastián Celestino-Pérez)....Pages 517-541
 Estuaries of the Huelva Coast: Odiel and Tinto Estuaries (SW Spain)  (Berta Carro, José Borrego, Juan A. Morales)....Pages 543-564
 The Guadiana River Delta  (Juan A. Morales, Erwan Garel)....Pages 565-581
Front Matter ....Pages 583-583
 Aeolian Dune Fields in the Coasts of Asturias and Cantabria (Spain, Nw Iberian Peninsula)  (Germán Flor, Germán Flor-Blanco, Patricio Martínez Cedrún, Carmen Flores-Soriano, Cecilia Borghero)....Pages 585-609
 Coastal Dunes in the Ebro Delta  (María José Sánchez-García, Isabel Montoya-Montes, Mariona Casamayor, Ignacio Alonso, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Santalla)....Pages 611-630
 Littoral Dunes on Valencia Coast  (Eulalia Sanjaume, Josep E. Pardo-Pascual)....Pages 631-659
 Dunes in the Gibraltar Strait Realm  (F. Javier Gracia, Laura Del Río, María Aranda, Giorgio Anfuso, Lara Talavera, Juan B. Montes et al.)....Pages 661-680
 The Active Dune System of Doñana National Park  (Ismael Vallejo, José Ojeda)....Pages 681-698
 Aeolian Sedimentary Systems of the Canary Islands  (Antonio I. Hernández-Cordero, Carolina Peña-Alonso, Luis Hernández-Calvento, Nicolás Ferrer-Valero, Aarón M. Santana-Cordero, Leví García-Romero et al.)....Pages 699-725
Front Matter ....Pages 727-727
 Coastal Management in the Basque Coast: A Case Study of Dredging and Dumping Operations Along the Oka Estuary  (Manu Monge-Ganuzas, Alejandro Cearreta, Ane García-Artola)....Pages 729-744
 Shoreline Evolution and its Management Implications in Beaches Along the Catalan Coast  (José A. Jiménez, Herminia I. Valdemoro)....Pages 745-764
 Coastal Management in the Balearic Islands  (Francesc X. Roig-Munar, José Ángel Martín Prieto, Josep Pintó, Antonio Rodríguez-Perea, Bernadí Gelabert)....Pages 765-787
 The Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Canary Islands  (Emma Pérez-Chacón Espino, Carolina Peña-Alonso, Aarón M. Santana-Cordero, Luis Hernández-Calvento)....Pages 789-814
Front Matter ....Pages 815-815
 Future Perspectives of the Spanish Coast  (Juan A. Morales)....Pages 817-823