Coasts in Crisis: A Global Challenge
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520293614 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Coastal regions around the world have become increasingly crowded, intensively developed, and severely exploited. Gary Griggs provides a concise overview of the individual hazards, risks, and issues threatening the coastal zone.. 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. Hundreds of millions of people living in these low-lying areas are subject to short-term coastal hazards such as cyclones, hurricanes, and destruction due to El Niño, and are also exposed to the long-term threat of global sea-level rise. 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 development
Nobody understands these natural and human dynamics better than Gary Griggs. Sullivan, Former NOAA Administrator and NASA Astronaut. Written with Griggs’s trademark clarity and passion, Coasts in Crisis provides a global perspective on the challenges and opportunities that are present for us all."—Kathryn D. This is a must-read for all of us working toward an ocean ecosystem that we would want to hand off to future generations."—John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources and Chair of the Ocean Protection Council "All around the world, population and economic development are increasingly concentrated in coastal regions. This means our planet’s coastal zones are both ever more vital to societal well-being and increasingly stressed by develop