- State-of-the-art overview of PIV applied to water waves
- Invited articles, in carefully chosen fields, providing profound insight into the role of PIV in important applications
- Updated overviews of the PIV method that will benefit newcomers to the field

This review volume is divided into two parts. The first part includes five review papers on various numerical models. Pedersen provides a brief but thorough review of the theoretical background for depth-integrated wave equations, which are employed to simulate tsunami runup. LeVeque and George describe high-resolution finite volume methods for solving the nonlinear shallow water equations. The focus of their discussion is on the applications of these methods to tsunami runup. In recent years, several advanced 3D numerical models have been introduced to the field of coastal engineering to...

Process-based morphodynamic modelling is one of the relatively new tools at the disposal of coastal scientists, engineers and managers. This book offers the possibility to analyse morphological processes and to investigate the effects of various measures one might consider to alleviate some problems.

Beaches in Japan have been eroding since the 1970s because of artificial land alterations and unsustainable coastal development. Almost all causes of the beach erosion in Japan are due to anthropogenic factors — as a result of human activity. This book presents the state of the beaches throughout Japan, looking at the current reality and the classification of causes of beach erosion using real-life, illustrated examples. It then goes on to look at practical models which can be used to predict changes to different types of beaches, and concludes with investigation of beach erosion as a...