Michael Hughes

Increasing concerns over climate and environmental change, the global economic and financial crisis, and impacts on host communities, audiences, participants, and destinations have reinforced the need for more sustainable approaches to events. Sustainability now features as part of the bid process for many mega-events, such as the Olympic Games, as well as significant regional and local events, where event organisers...

The world's coastlines represent a myriad of dynamic and constantly changing environments. Heavily settled and intensely used areas, they are of enormous importance to humans, and understanding how they are shaped and change is crucial to our future. Introduction to Coastal Processes and Geomorphology begins by discussing coastal systems and shows how these systems link to the processes examined in...