The context underlying the concept of Process-Defined Management Units (PDMUs) as an aid to sustainable coastal decision-making is reviewed. Using examples, it is suggested that the flexible PDMU approach can help to pragmatically integrate coastal management and has considerable merits compared with other types of coastal management units, such as sediment cells and Homogeneous Environmental Management Units (HEMUs).
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1 May 2010
The PDMU Approach to the Integration of Coastal Management
Derek J. McGlashan,
Robert W. Duck
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Journal of Coastal Research
Vol. 2010 • No. 263
May 2010
Vol. 2010 • No. 263
May 2010
flexible
geomorphology
management units
sediment cells