Note: Front Cover -- Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 THESEUS Project -- 1.3 This Book -- References -- Chapter 2 - Developing a Holistic Approach to Assessing and Managing Coastal Flood Risk -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Flood Nomenclature: Vulnerability, Risk, and Resilience -- 2.3 Describing the Coastal Flood System: The Source-Pathway-Receptor-Consequence Model -- 2.4 Assessment of Existing Flood Management -- 2.5 Flood Damage -- 2.6 The Social Context of Flooding at the Coast -- 2.7 Coastal Habitats Within the Flood System -- 2.8 The Physical Context of Flooding at the Coast -- 2.9 Handling Uncertainty -- 2.10 Capturing Future Changes -- 2.11 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 - Innovative Engineering Solutions and Best Practices to Mitigate Coastal Risk -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Floating Breakwaters and Wave Energy Converters -- 3.3 Innovative Submerged Structures -- 3.4 Overtopping Resistance of Grass-covered Landward Slopes of Dikes -- 3.5 Upgrade of Conventional Rubble Mound Breakwaters and Revetments -- 3.6 Management of Sediment Resources -- 3.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 - Ecological Approaches to Coastal Risk Mitigation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Management of Sandy Habitats: Sandy Beaches to Sand Dunes -- 4.3 Management of Saltmarsh Habitats -- 4.4 Management of Biogenic Reefs -- 4.5 Management of Seagrass Meadows -- 4.6 Ecological Design Considerations for Hard Structures -- 4.7 Interaction of Multiple Stressors in the Coastal Zone -- 4.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 - Nonstructural Approaches to Coastal Risk Mitigations -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Insurance -- 5.3 Spatial (Land Use) Planning -- 5.4 Business Continuity Planning -- 5.5 Postflood Recovery, Vulnerability, and Resilience. , 5.6 Risk Communications at the Crossroads of Vulnerability Reduction and Resilience Enhancement -- 5.7 Evacuation Plans -- 5.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 - Toward Sustainable Decision Making -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Efficiency, Equity, and Sustainability of Mitigation Options -- 6.3 Evaluation of Mitigation Options -- 6.4 Legislative Constraints -- 6.5 Decision Making -- 6.6 Decision Support Systems -- 6.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 - Case Studies Worldwide -- 7.0 - Introduction -- 7.1 - Extreme Estuarine Water Levels and Channel Morphology, Effect on Flood Extents and Habitat Resilience: The Scheldt Es ... -- 7.1.1 Description of the Site -- 7.1.2 The Scheldt Estuary Flood System -- 7.1.3 Application of the SPRC Model -- 7.1.4 Flood Sources and Drivers for the Dendermonde Case -- 7.1.5 Flood Mapping and Impacts -- 7.1.6 How Sediment Dynamics May Alter Conclusions on Flood and Erosion Risks -- 7.1.7 Conclusions and Recommendations for Risk Assessment Studies -- Acknowledgments -- 7.2 - Mitigating Flood and Erosion Risk using Sediment Management for a Tourist City: Varna, Bulgaria -- 7.2.1 Description of the Site -- 7.2.2 Risk Assessment -- 7.2.3 Mitigation Measures -- 7.2.4 Planning the Best Combination of Defense Strategies -- 7.2.5 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- 7.3 - Coastal Wetlands in the Yangtze Estuary, China -- 7.3.1 Description of the Site -- 7.3.2 Existing Management -- 7.3.3 Coastal Wetlands in the Yangtze Estuary -- 7.3.4 Present Climate and Environmental Conditions and Future Trends -- 7.3.5 Vulnerability Assessment of the Coastal Wetlands under SLR -- 7.3.6 Mitigation Measures -- 7.3.7 Conclusion -- 7.4 - Managing Risk in a Large Flood System, the Gironde Estuary, France -- 7.4.1 Description of the Site -- 7.4.2 Existing Coastal Policy and Management Strategies. , 7.4.3 Flood System in the Gironde Estuary -- 7.4.4 Flooding in the Estuary -- 7.4.5 Mitigation Measures -- 7.4.6 Strategic Management (in the Short, Mid, and Long Term) -- 7.4.7 Policy Implications and Overall Conclusions and Recommendations -- 7.5 - Flood Hazard Mitigation in a Heavily Modified Estuary, the Elbe Estuary, Germany -- 7.5.1 Description of the Site -- 7.5.2 Physical Characteristics -- 7.5.3 Historical Development of the Estuary -- 7.5.4 The Flood System within the Elbe Estuary -- 7.5.5 Flood Mapping for HafenCity -- 7.5.6 Mitigation Measures -- 7.5.7 Strategic Management -- 7.5.8 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- 7.6 - Risk Assessment and Mitigation in a Low-lying Coastal Area: Cesenatico, Northern Italy -- 7.6.1 Characterization of the Site -- 7.6.2 Risk Modeling -- 7.6.3 Identification of Mitigation Options -- 7.6.4 Preliminary Design of Mitigation Options -- 7.6.5 Selection of the Portfolio of Mitigation Measures -- 7.6.6 Impacts of the Portfolio of Mitigation Options -- 7.6.7 Strategic Management and Policy Implications -- 7.7 - Balancing Flood and Erosion Risk with Landscape Sustainability: Cancun, Mexico -- 7.7.1 Description of the Site -- 7.7.2 Characterization of the Flood System -- 7.7.3 Application of the SPRC Model -- 7.7.4 Risk Mitigation Measures -- 7.7.5 Strategic Management -- Acknowledgments -- 7.8 - Flood and Erosion Management on a Dynamic Spit: the Hel Peninsula, Poland -- 7.8.1 Description of the Site -- 7.8.2 The Current Flood System -- 7.8.3 Application of the SPRC Model -- 7.8.4 Meteomarine Climate: Present Conditions and Long-Term Trends -- 7.8.5 Flood Mapping -- 7.8.6 Erosion Scenarios -- 7.8.7 Mitigation Measures -- 7.8.8 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations -- 7.9 - Flooding and Erosion Risk Analysis in Santander Bay, Spain -- 7.9.1 Description of the Site. , 7.9.2 The Coastal System -- 7.9.3 Flood and Erosion Risk Modeling -- 7.9.4 Mitigation Measures -- 7.9.5 Cost and Benefit Analysis for the Mitigation Measures -- 7.9.6 Policy Implications -- 7.9.7 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations -- 7.10 - Teign Estuary, South Devon, UK: Stakeholder-Led Mitigation -- 7.10.1 Description of the Site -- 7.10.2 Settlements -- 7.10.3 Habitats and Ecology -- 7.10.4 Existing Flood Governance and Management -- 7.10.5 Quantifying Flood Risk Under Climate Change -- 7.10.6 Stakeholders and Flood Mitigation -- 7.10.7 Future Mitigation Options for the Teign Estuary -- 7.10.8 Conclusions -- References -- Index.