1 Coastal dunes: human impact and need for restoration

M. L. Martínez, P.A. Hesp, and J.B. Gallego-Fernández

Part I  Restoring Foredunes

2 Foredune Restoration in Urban Settings

Karl F. Nordstrom and Nancy L. Jackson

3 Restoration of Coastal Foredunes, A Geomorphological Perspective: Examples from New York and from New Jersey, USA.

Norbert P. Psuty and Tanya M. Silveira

4 Natural plant diversity development on a man-made dune system

Peter Vestergaard

5 Restoration of Foredunes and Transgressive Dunefields - Case studies from New Zealand.

Patrick A. Hesp and Michael J. Hilton

6 Foredune Restoration Before and After Hurricanes: Inevitable Destruction, Certain Reconstruction

Rusty Feagin

Part II  Restoring Inland Coastal Dunes: Dunefields and Wetslacks

7 Restoriation of Dune Mobility in The Netherlands

Sebastiaan M. Arens, Quirinus L. Slings, Luc HWT Geelen and Harrie G.J.M. Van der Hagen

8 The impact of dune stabilisation on the conservation status of sand dune systems in Wales

Peter Rhind, Rod Jones and Laurence Jones

9 Restoration of Andalusian coastal juniper woodlands

J.C. Muñoz-Reinoso, C. Saavedra Azqueta and I. Redondo Morales

10 Dune restoration over two decades at the Lanphere and Ma-le'l Dunes in northern California

Andrea J. Pickart

11 Restoration of coastal sand dunes for conservation of biodiversity - the Israeli experience

Pua Bar (Kutiel)

12 Passive recovery of Mediterranean coastal dunes following limitations to human trampling

Alicia Teresa Rosario ACOSTA, Tommaso JUCKER, Irene PRISCO, Riccardo SANTORO

13 Restoration of dune ecosystems following mining in Madagascar and Namibia: contrasting restoration approaches adopted in regions of high and low human population density

14 The impacts on natural vegetation following the establishment of exotic Casuarina  plantations

Patricia Moreno-Casasola, M. Luisa Martínez, Gonzalo Castillo-Campos, and Adolfo Campos

15 Restoration of dune vegetation in the Netherlands.

Ab Grootjans, Bikila W. Dullo, Annemieke Kooijman, Renee Bekker and Camiel Aggenbach

16 Interdune wetland restoration in central Veracruz Mexico: plant diversity recovery mediated by hydroperiod

Hugo López Rosas, Patricia Moreno-Casasola, Fabiola López Barrera, Lorena E. Sánchez Higueredo, Verónica E. Espejel González and Judith Vázquez

Part III  The Costs of Coastal Dune Restoration and Ecosystem Services

17 The value of coastal sand dunes as a measure to plan an optimal policy for invasive plant species: the case of the Acacia saligna at the Nizzanim LTER Coastal Sand Dune Nature Reserve, Israel

David Lehrer, Nir Becker and Pua Bar (Kutiel)

18 The Coasts and Their Coasts

O. Pérez-Maqueo, M.L. Martínez, D. Lithgow, G. Mendoza-González, R.A. Feagin, J.B. Gallego-Fernández

Part IV  Conclusions

19 Multicriteria Analysis to implement actions leading to coastal dune restoration

Debora Lithgow, M. Luisa Martínez and Juan B. Gallego-Fernández

20 Coastal dune restoration: trends and perspectives

M. Luisa Martínez, Patrick A. Hesp, Juan B. Gallego-Fernández

The continuously growing human population along the world's coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy shores and coastal dunes will require significant restoration efforts because they are preferred sites for human settlement, industrial and urban development and tourism.

With this book experts in the field present a comprehensive review of restoration studies and activities, where 'successful' and 'failed' studies or approaches from around the world are contrasted and compared. A major asset the book provides is a compendium of studies showing that coastal dune restoration has many definitions and thus leads to many different actions.

This volume addresses those with an interest in conservation ecology and biology, coastal dune dynamics and geomorphology, and coastal management who are seeking information on the different strategies for coastal dune restoration applied in different regions of the world. Finally, it will be a valuable resource for coastal scientists and planners, as well as for local and state officials, residents of coastal communities, environmental advocates and developers.