The urban ocean: the interaction of cities with water

1. Overview: people and water

2. Characteristics of seawater

3. Urban ocean characteristics

4. Governing dynamics

5. Mass, salt and temperature 'conservation'

6. Water level changes

7. Estuarine and coastal ocean flows

8. Urban meteorology

9. Coastal processes and shoreline modification

10. Marine pollution

11. Coastal extreme events : the risks and the responses

12. Coastal ocean observing systems

13. Climate change

14. Cities and water: building resilience

References

Index.