Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone Managing Environmental Quality in Rapidly Developing Regions /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kleppel, G. S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), DeVoe, M. Richard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rawson, Mac V. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Σειρά: Springer Series on Evironmental Management,
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Applied ecology.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Water pollution.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Life Sciences.; Applied Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Management.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

Coastal ecosystems make up some of the most important, yet most endangered, regions in the world. The protection of the unique processes that take place in these ecosystems requires that partnerships be formed among ecologists, resource managers, and planners. Experienced in the challenges of coasta...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction—The Effects of Changing Land Use Patterns on Marine Resources: Setting a Research Agenda to Facilitate Management
• Introduction—The Effects of Changing Land Use Patterns on Marine Resources: Setting a Research Agenda to Facilitate Management
• Trends in Coastal Population Growth—Policies and Predictions
• Trends in Land Use Policy and Development in the Coastal Southeast
• Predicting Trajectories of Urban Growth in the Coastal Southeast
• Urban Typology and Estuarine Biodiversity in Rapidly Developing Coastal Watersheds
• Coastal Hydrology and Geochemistry
• The Relationship of Hydrodynamics to Morphology in Tidal Creek and Salt Marsh Systems of South Carolina and Georgia
• The Role of Tidal Wetlands in Estuarine Nutrient Cycling
• Evaluating the Potential Importance of Groundwater-Derived Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Inputs to South Carolina and Georgia Coastal Ecosystems
• Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Estuarine Condition
• Contaminants and Their Effects
• Chemical Contaminants Entering Estuaries in the South Atlantic Bight as a Result of Current and Past Land Use
• Models of Coastal Stress: Review and Future Challenges
• Alternatives to Coliform Bacteria as Indicators of Human Impact on Coastal Ecosystems
• Afterword—Managing Coastal Urbanization and Development in the Twenty-First Century: The Need for a New Paradigm
• Afterword—Managing Coastal Urbanization and Development in the Twenty-First Century: The Need for a New Paradigm.