Volumes are up to 280 pages long, illustrated with photographs and many maps and tables. Baseline coastal information is grouped into 10 chapters, starting with a general description of the region's key coastal features, followed by chapters on a variety of topics:

1. Introduction.
2. Geology and physical environment.
3. Terrestrial coastal habitats.
4. Marine and estuarine environments.
5. Important species.
6. Archaeology and human history.
7. Coastal protected sites.
8. Land use, infrastructure and coastal defences.
9. Human activities (including fisheries, dredging, waste disposal, and leisure and tourism).
10. Coastal management.

Each section typically consists of an introduction, describing the importance of the region for the habitats, species or activity concerned in the national context; important regional locations and/or species; human activities, including their management and regulation; and information sources.

For a Full Report go to the  Joint Nature Conservation Committee Web Pages

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Regional coastal directories published

1   Shetland
2   Orkney
3   North-east Scotland: Cape Wrath to St Syms
4   South-east Scotland: Montrose to Eyemouth
5   North-east England: Berwick-upon-Tweed to Filey Bay
6   Eastern England: Flamborough Head to Great Yarmouth
7   South-east England: Lowestoft to Dungeness
8   Sussex: Rye Bay to Chichester Harbour
9   Southern England: Hayling Island to Lyme Regis
11  South-west England: Seaton to the Roseland Peninsula
12  The Western Approaches: Falmouth Bay to Kenfig
12  Wales: Maroarn to Little Orme
13  Northern Irish Sea: Colwyn Bay to Stranraer including the Isle of Man
14  South-west Scotland: Ballantrae to Mull
15 & 16  North-west Scotland: the Western Isles and West Highland
17  Northern Ireland


 
 

Region 1 1SBN 187370175 6
Region 2 ISBN 1873701764
Region 3 ISBN 1873701772
Region 4 ISBN 1873701780
Region 5 ISBN 1 873701 799
Region 6 ISBN 1 873701 802
Region 7 ISBN 1 873701 81 0
Region 8: ISBN 1 873701 829
Region 9: ISBN 1 873701 83 7
Region 10: ISBN 1 873701 845
Region 11: ISBN 1 873701 85 3
Region 12: ISBN 1 873701 86 1
Region 13: ISBN 1 873701 87 x
Region 14: ISBN 1 873701 88 8
Regions 15 & 16: ISBN 1 873701 89 6
Region 17: ISBN 1 873701 92 6

Set of 17 regions: ISBN 1 873701 91 8


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JNCC publications are available from the NHBS Ltd:

Address: NHBS Ltd, 2-3 Wills Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5XN, England.
Telephone: +44 (0)1803-865913
Fax: +44 (0)1803-865280

E-mail: nhbs@nhbs.co.uk

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