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Series EditorFrançoise Gaill
Eco-design of Marine Infrastructures
Towards Ecologically-informed Coastal and Ocean Development
Sylvain Pioch
Jean-Claude Souche
First published 2021 in Great Britain and the United States by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licenses issued by the CLA. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned address:
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2021940543
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ISBN 978-1-78630-711-8
Foreword
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Our planet and our ecosystems are in danger and we must act. Of course, we hear this message every day and most of us are now aware of it. However, it is not easy to exactly identify the different challenges ahead, and it is even less easy to act accordingly.
Intended for a wide audience, this book can help provide answers. It presents, through concrete examples and testimonies, an exhaustive state of the art allowing everyone to better understand marine eco-design and the issues it addresses. It also proposes a methodology for acting differently. Although this book is primarily intended for technicians, engineers, scientists and students, it may be of interest to anyone who is curious to see how we can “develop” by taking inspiration from nature. For this book is not only the story of two men of art, it is also the work of two marine enthusiasts who, for more than 30 years, have been working for the preservation of the seabed; passionate people who have spent hundreds of hours in the water observing, marveling at marine life and trying to understand the combination of elements and the consequences on biodiversity. I have shared this passion with them for many years.
Through this
