Inhaltsangabe1 Coastal dunes: human impact and need for restorationM. L. Martínez, P.A. Hesp, and J.B. Gallego-Fernández Part I  Restoring Foredunes 2 Foredune Restoration in Urban SettingsKarl F. Nordstrom and Nancy L. Jackson 3 Restoration of Coastal Foredunes, A Geomorphological Perspective: Examples from New York and from New Jersey, USA.Norbert P. Psuty and Tanya M. Silveira 4 Natural plant diversity development on a man-made dune systemPeter Vestergaard 5 Restoration of Foredunes and Transgressive Dunefields - Case studies from New Zealand.Patrick A. Hesp and Michael J. Hilton 6 Foredune Restoration Before and After Hurricanes: Inevitable Destruction, Certain ReconstructionRusty Feagin Part II  Restoring Inland Coastal Dunes: Dunefields and Wetslacks 7 Restoriation of Dune Mobility in The NetherlandsSebastiaan M. Arens, Quirinus L. Slings, Luc HWT Geelen and Harrie G.J.M. Van der Hagen 8 The impact of dune stabilisation on the conservation status of sand dune systems in WalesPeter Rhind, Rod Jones and Laurence Jones 9 Restoration of Andalusian coastal juniper woodlandsJ.C. Muñoz-Reinoso, C. Saavedra Azqueta and I. Redondo Morales 10 Dune restoration over two decades at the Lanphere and Ma-le'l Dunes in northern California Andrea J. Pickart 11 Restoration of coastal sand dunes for conservation of biodiversity - the Israeli experiencePua Bar (Kutiel) 12 Passive recovery of Mediterranean coastal dunes following limitations to human trampling Alicia Teresa Rosario ACOSTA, Tommaso JUCKER, Irene PRISCO, Riccardo SANTORO 13 Restoration of dune ecosystems following mining in Madagascar and Namibia: contrasting restoration approaches adopted in regions of high and low human population densityRoy A Lubke 14 The impacts on natural vegetation following the establishment of exotic Casuarina  plantationsPatricia Moreno-Casasola, M. Luisa Martínez, Gonzalo Castillo-Campos, and Adolfo Campos 15 Restoration of dune vegetation in the Netherlands.Ab Grootjans, Bikila W. Dullo, Annemieke Kooijman, Renee Bekker and Camiel Aggenbach 16 Interdune wetland restoration in central Veracruz Mexico: plant diversity recovery mediated by hydroperiod Hugo López Rosas, Patricia Moreno-Casasola, Fabiola López Barrera, Lorena E. Sánchez Higueredo, Verónica E. Espejel González and Judith Vázquez Part III  The Costs of Coastal Dune Restoration and Ecosystem Services 17 The value of coastal sand dunes as a measure to plan an optimal policy for invasive plant species: the case of the Acacia saligna at the Nizzanim LTER Coastal Sand Dune Nature Reserve, IsraelDavid Lehrer, Nir Becker and Pua Bar (Kutiel) 18 The Coasts and Their CoastsO. Pérez-Maqueo, M.L. Martínez, D. Lithgow, G. Mendoza-González, R.A. Feagin, J.B. Gallego-Fernández Part IV  Conclusions 19 Multicriteria Analysis to implement actions leading to coastal dune restorationDebora Lithgow, M. Luisa Martínez and Juan B. Gallego-Fernández 20 Coastal dune restoration: trends and perspectivesM. Luisa Martínez, Patrick A. Hesp, Juan B. Gallego-Fernández