Coastal geomorphologists are becoming increasingly concerned with applied studies for a variety of reasons, including economic considerations. However, there are other remaining challenges for coastal geomorphologists including relating processes and forms, observa tions and theories to produce convincing and useful explanatory frameworks. Without these developments, applied studies will always lack rigour and predictive power. In the following sections I review some recent observational, theoretical and applied work in coastal geomorphology in general and then focus on coastal sand dune studies.
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