MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
GES2150
Coastal geomorphology and management
J A Peterson
4 points + 3 hours per week on average (2 lectures and 1 lecture and 3 hour
practical in alternate weeks) + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: A
first-year sequence in geography, or permission of head
Synopsis Coastal changes since the end of the last glacial stage have
been great and much interest centres on the nature of environmental stability
and the relative role of catastrophic events, natural change and fluctuation,
and of economic development in determining the pattern of geographical
variation in coastal landform evolution. Studies of such topics lead to an
assessment of the importance of an understanding of the nature of environmental
stability to modern resources management in the coastal zone.
Assessment Written 1500 words: 20% + Examinations (2 hours): 50% +
Practical work/fieldwork: 30%
Prescribed texts
- Bird E C F Coasts 3rd edn, ANU Press, 1984
- or
- Viles H and Spencer T Coastal problems Edward Arnold, 1995
Recommended texts
- Bird E C F Coastline changes: A global review Wiley, 1985
- Bird E C F The coast of Victoria MUP, 1993
- Bird E C F Submerging coasts Wiley, 1993
- Carter R W E Coastal environments Academic Press, 1988
- Davies J L Geographical variation in coastal development Longman,
1980
- Thom B G (ed.) Coastal geomorphology in Australia Academic Press,
1985
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