Coasts in Crisis: A Global Challenge
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520293622 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This means our planet’s coastal zones are both ever more vital to societal well-being and increasingly stressed by development and population. In Coasts in Crisis, Gary Griggs walks the reader through the science of each challenge, from the natural coastal process to the substantial impacts of human activities. Sullivan, Former NOAA Administrator and NASA Astronaut. Nobody understands these natural and human dynamics better than Gary Griggs. From the Inside Flap"The roadmap to a healthy and sustainable ocean is filled with twists and turns. This is a must-read for all of us working toward an ocean ecosystem that we would want to hand off to future generation
These massive concentrations of people expose often-fragile coastal environments to the runoff and pollution from municipal, industrial, and agricultural sources as well as the impacts of resource exploitation and a wide range of other human impacts. Can environmental impacts be reduced or mitigated and can coastal regions adapt to natural hazards? Coasts in Crisis is a comprehensive assessment of the impacts that the human population is having on the coastal zone globally and the diverse ways in which coastal hazards impact human settlement and devel