Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management States of Environment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mimura, Nobuo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, 11
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Management.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Climate Change.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world’s largest region of coral reefs and mangroves. It accommodates two-thirds of the world’s human population and its economic activities have the highest growth rate in the world. Ongoing degradation of the environment, resulting from coastal development, de...