Global Change and Integrated Coastal Management The Asia-Pacific Region /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Harvey, Nick (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Σειρά: Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, 10
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Physical geography.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Climate Change.; Environmental Management.; Physical Geography.

Most of the world’s population lives close to the coast and is highly dependent on coastal resources, which are being exploited at unsustainable rates. These resources are being subject to further pressures associated with population increase and the globalization of coastal resource demand. This is...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Importance of Global Change for Coastal Management in the Asia-Pacific Region
• State of the Environment in the Asia and Pacific Coastal Zones and Effects of Global Change
• Coastal Management in The Asia-Pacific Region
• Catchment–Coast Interactions in the Asia-Pacific Region
• Coastal Evolution in the Asia-Pacific Region
• Human Responses To Coastal Change in the Asia-Pacific Region
• Hot Spots of Population Growth and Urbanisation in the Asia-Pacific Coastal Region
• Pressures On Rural Coasts in the Asia-Pacific Region
• Impacts of Pollutants in the Asia-Pacific Region
• Landscape Variability and the Response of Asian Megadeltas to Environmental Change
• New Directions for Global Change Research Related to Integrated Coastal Management in the Asia-Pacific Region.