Mississippi Delta Restoration Pathways to a sustainable future /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Day, John W. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Erdman, Jori A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Estuaries of the World,
• Subjects: Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Aquatic ecology .; Coasts.; Environmental management.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Coastal Sciences.; Environmental Management.
• Physical Description: XVII, 260 p. 159 illus., 126 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319656632
• ISSN: 2214-1553
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65663-2

This book is a new and provocative treatment dealing with and defining sustainable pathways for the restoration of the Mississippi Delta. Based on a consideration of natural functioning of the Mississippi delta, factors that led to its severe deterioration, and major global trajectories of the 21st century, the authors investigate possible future pathways for sustainable management of the delta. They consider current conditions as well as future trajectories of climate and energy and resource scarcity. The book concludes that without profound changes of how humans live in and manage the delta, sustainability of the delta will be profoundly compromised.